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H. Ewart Woolley, MD
Dr R.W. McGraw, professor emeritus of the Department of Orthopaedics, University of British Columbia, in a personal communication, points out, in the most courteous manner, as is his wont, that the external fixation... Read More
Of the boons vouchsafed to humanity, the discovery and development of penicillin is one of the greatest. That golden era has passed and few, if any, new discoveries are in prospect. Dr Patrick and his colleagues (... Read More
In his editorial, “Forced retirement” (BCMJ 2005;47[4]:165), Dr Anthony Salvian decries the fact that the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms does not protect the rights of physicians working at the... Read More
In his editorial “Conflicts of interest,” Dr James A. Wilson writes, “I have no faith in the reported results of these treatments/devices, and will continue to disregard them until properly designed studies are... Read More
Dr Robert Langston was training as a general surgeon in Scotland in 1940 when a chance encounter with the imperious Sir Harold Gillies led him to work in the famous Rookswood burn unit near London. It was... Read More
Now that the ruling body in Canada, the Supreme Court, has decreed that patients should have access to their charts, it is appropriate that steps should be taken to ensure that the law will be upheld and the article by... Read More
A sequence of events leads me to take the liberty of suggesting that a considerable number of physicians may, through a very simple measure, make their lives much better. Whilst clearing away some old files I... Read More
Dr Ashley Krisman speaks with authority when he decries the transfer of medical and nursing education from the hospital bedside to the university and college classroom (BCMJ 2003;45[5]:210). He has experienced both... Read More
It is perhaps presumptuous to draw conclusions from short acquaintances, however as the late Dr Kenneth Evelyn observed, whilst one swallow does not make a summer, one swallow is one swallow. The article “... Read More
In his editorial Dr J.A. Wilson asks “What is the smallest increment of time and what measurable characteristics determine the physical nature of the smallest increment?” In other words “Is there a period of time so... Read More