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Lewis Thomas
Medical knowledge and technical savvy are biodegradable. The sort of medicine that was practiced in Boston or New York or Atlanta fifty years ago would be as strange to a medical student or intern today as the ceremonial dance of a !Kung San tribe would s
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Medical knowledge and technology change so quickly that what doctors used to do decades ago now seems completely unfamiliar to new medical students. This shows that medical practices are constantly evolving and what is common today will soon become outdated or obsolete.
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