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Don’t Judge a Doctor by Their Coat – or Do We? The Fabric of Medical Authority Between Hippocrates and Us

Before moving to the United Kingdom, my life looked very different. I lived in a small town and I worked as an EMT on an ambulance. Professionally, it lasted only a few months, but on a human level – as a student and as a volunteer – it shaped me for more than three years….

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Observation and Medicine: Dr. Ashbel Smith’s Pamphlet in the Cholera Outbreak of 1832

John A. Carranza “What I have written on the cholera was commenced in the form of a letter to a medical friend. As I proceeded, my observations spread over a much greater space than I had anticipated, and I resolved to publish them.” [1] Ashbel Smith, M.D. wrote these words to introduce the subject matter…

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