Letters /
October 2010
One hears frequently through the press about nosocomial (hospital) or iatrogenic (doctor-induced) diseases these days. I find this frustrating because when I entered medicine in 1946 the antibiotic era was just... Read More
Letters /
September 2005
Although I am 80 years old and retired, my brain occasionally fires up as it did this morning when I heard of another case of “flesh-eating” disease.
When I was a child there were no antibiotics, and cuts, abrasions... Read More