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George Szasz, CM, MD
By Anthony Kenyon, MD. Fort Nelson News, 2016. ISBN 978-177136-414-0. 519 pages. Dr Anthony Kenyon’s book, The Recorded History of the Liard Basin, 1790–1910, is a definitive history of the Liard Basin—where... Read More
A recent survey of BCMJ readers indicated that “only about 9% of readers use bcmj.org as their primary reading medium.” The research results presented do not specify what percentage of doctors read the ... Read More
By Douglas Hassan, MD. New York, NY: Page Publishing, 2015. ISBN 978-1-68139-655-2. Paperback. Dr Hassan was in several of my classes while working toward his medical degree at UBC in 1987, and then went on to... Read More
The archival project seeking literary works described in the September 2014 issue (BCMJ 2014;56:349) is meant to honor existing literary works of BC physicians and encourage other doctors and medical students to... Read More
I always thought that the primum non nocere injunction to physicians came from the fertile minds of Galen or Hippocrates, but I discovered that the elegant English version, first, do no harm, is attributed to Dr Thomas... Read More
Happy 60th birthday to the writers, editors, designers, and all others who create the BC Medical Journal! This journal forms a common bond for the doctors of our province. In addition to presenting valued medical... Read More
My beloved wife is in the unreachable depths of her dementia. She often wakes up in the middle of the night with moans and groans of unexplained etiology. She is being looked after by our highly valued caregivers, but... Read More
Recently I have been reading about the not-too-distant future when our toilet tissue will give us a reading on the microbial chemicals in our intestines, with recommendations of foods that we should eat to correct for... Read More
Hungarian being my mother tongue, I often wonder about the use of certain words in my adopted English language. With the approach of the summer season, I took interest in the word holiday. In the Hungarian language... Read More
Sir Charles Tupper, MD. By Jacques Reich, public domain via Wikimedia Commons This year we are celebrating Canada’s 151st birthday. New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and the newly delineated provinces of Ontario and... Read More