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Article: Sir William Osler's emphasis on physical diagnosis and listening to symptoms.
- Article from:
- Southern Medical Journal
- Article date:
- October 1, 2002
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DOES Sir William Osler's emphasis on physical examination and communication with patients and other physicians have application in teaching medical students and residents in the 21st century? How did he convey such strong values at the bedside? Why are so many of his aphorisms timeless? You decide.
My first recollections of time spent with Wilburt C. Davison, Dean of the Duke University School of Medicine, founder of the Duke University Medical Center, Professor and Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics, were his daily mentioning, "Osler said this," or "Osler would do this." Sir Williams Osler's picture was on the wall behind his desk, in a position of honor ...