Perspective
“The practice of medicine will be very much as you make it – to one a worry, a care, a perpetual annoyance; to another, a daily job and a life of as much happiness and usefulness as can well fall to the lot of man, because it is a life of self-sacrifice and of countless opportunities to comfort and help the weak-hearted, and to raise up those that fall.”
Sir William Osler MD
Sir Willy was indeed highly respected because he was a good out-of-the-box thinker, as well as a very compassionate doc. He learned acupuncture from returning missionaries from China, and he used to sterilize lady’s hat pins and use them for acupuncture to treat low back pain. So much better than the narcs/steroids immediately rx’d at today’s emergency rooms and from too many PCPs.
Sir William never met Obama.
Having been allowed the privilege of 60 years of medical service, I feel truly rewarded and grateful,