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Doctor And Patient – S.t Weir Mitchell
May 30th, 2010 | 
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The essays which compose this volume deal chiefly with a variety of subjects to which every physician must have given more or less thought. Some of them touch on matters concerning the mutual relation of physician and patient, but are meant to interest and instruct the laity rather than the medical attendant. The larger number have from their nature a closer relation to the needs of women than of men.
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Seeing is Believing: a Century to Remember For Medical Science
It’s probably fair to say that medical science has advanced greatly. From the discovery of penicillin by Scottish scientist Alexander Fleming in 1928, to the first human-to-human heart transplantation by South African cardiac surgeon Christiaan Barnard in 1967, the 20th century certainly saw some major medical breakthroughs.
But whilst there can be no disputing the universal significance of Fleming and Barnard’s scientific adva Read the rest of this entry »