A recent editorial in a Canadian medical tabloid, written by its re-spected former editor,
made the point that with so much militancy striding across the medical scene these days it …

THE reconciliation of medicine as a benevolent avocation and its practice for gain
constitutes a perennial conflict for most of us. Driving the ox, utility, in aouble harness with …

his lectures have, to the utter shame-we had almost said dishonesty-of others, been too
often suffered to be gra-tuitous, and his literary labours unremunerated. Such men, too ready …

Fees for their professional services have always been a tricky subject for Fellows of the
College. Dr Alec Cooke pointed out that the tradition of barristers and Fellows not suing for …

Medieval medical practice has all too often been depicted by historians as ineffective,
overpriced and riddled with superstition. Yet the physician, who boasted an impressive …

The admirers of Mr. Powell, of whom I am one, must often be puzzled by his reluctance to
apply to the provision of medical services, for those able to pay, the principles he so …

" The unnerving discovery every Minister of Health makes at or near the outset of his term of
office is that the only subject he is ever destined to discuss with the medical profession is …

Hughes Bennett, Matthews Duncan, Lauder Brunton. And the members' roll of this Society
records other names, of men who have achieved fame outside medicine, adding equal …

DR. Paul Budd Magnuson, called recently by President Harry Truman to head a"
commission to study the nation's health needs," is especially fond of recalling one encounter …

Many teenagers, when asked how old they are, give their age next birthday or even a year
or two more. It helps to iftterest the opposite sex or to obtain drinks or a job. In the 30s and …