Risk and Responsibility — A Physician's Viewpoint

3/29/2017

. The friendly confidence of the Society in inviting me before and after a surgical operation on my head to fill … medical care under the pitifully inadequate compensation laws now in existence? Dr. Alice Hamilton, my … the recognition and compensation claims of these patients through the years. In my opinion, the responsibility …

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The Boston City Hospital: A Tale of Three Cities

3/29/2017

academic politics to the level of a fine art. It is not my intention to abuse this forum by indulging … themselves to such a bloodletting. What made the BCH different and was, in my opinion, the underlying problem …

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The Dollars and Sense of Medical Care and Health Services: Relation

3/29/2017

" in my title, I imply a larger scope than cost: benefit ratio. By "dollars" I am referring not only … of our concern. Before we pursue my thesis further let me say here that I find the miracles of scientific …

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The Subphrenic Spaces and the Emperor's New Robes

3/29/2017

be more affectation than candor if I did not acknowledge my sense of pleasure on this occasion. When one … of the past, it becomes evident that they have been widely dissimilar. Some of my predecessors have preferred … about for a theme and a title for my remarks. I have often said that if I had to preach a lay sermon I …

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On Caring for the Patient with Cancer

3/29/2017

Orator, and the second to be selected from my home town of Northampton, the first being Joseph Henshaw … these circumstances, I am impelled not only to express my heartfelt gratitude to the membership for the honor … of delivering this Oration, but also to acknowledge my debt to the many members of this Society who taught me …

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Youth in Protest — Overtones for Medicine

3/29/2017

. From my somewhat limited observations, it appears that the proportion of students clamoring for drastic …

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Medical Aims and Ideals

3/29/2017

. This occurred in the Philippine campaigns during the last world war, and it left a lasting impression on my mind … words keep ringing in my thoughts, for they seem to me to voice the appeal that humanity makes … services. This was a thought that my father recognized long ago, and described in words I have always …

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Organ Replacement, Facial Deformity, and Plastic Surgery

3/29/2017

, accepted, and still developing treatment for renal failure. In this discourse I will trace my involvement … to Restore Function and Appearance. After World War II and completion of training, on my return to the Peter …) there is a tendency to downgrade esthetic or cosmetic surgery. In my opinion, this is a serious error. We cannot deny …

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At the Bedside

3/29/2017

the breach of silence. With this remark my thoughts return to my professor of botany in college … of the finest people in the world who teach by admonition. One of my professor's favorite admonition was: "Don't … of Joe Garland, my ideal of a bedside pediatrician. Joe was the keeper of our children's health …

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The Involuntary Plight of the Voluntary Hospital

3/28/2017

on the subject in the newspapers, which was my usual custom in such cases, but which he had omitted. Since … will and that of their patients. Conclusions My own opinions concerning the voluntary hospitals (which have been liberally … of my favorite sources, Benjamin Franklin, has observed: "Diligence is the Mother of Good Luck. And God …

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