The Management of AIDS Patients
To the Editor: The review of The Management of AIDS Patients (Sept. 4 issue) 1 begins with a question: "Was it Sir William Osler who said, 'Know typhoid and all things clinical will be added unto you?'" The answer, alas, is no. Sir William said, "Know syphilis in all its man...
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| Published in | The New England journal of medicine Vol. 316; no. 10; p. 632 |
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| Format | Journal Article |
| Language | English |
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Massachusetts Medical Society
05.03.1987
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| Summary: | To the Editor:
The review of
The Management of AIDS Patients
(Sept. 4 issue)
1
begins with a question: "Was it Sir William Osler who said, 'Know typhoid and all things clinical will be added unto you?'" The answer, alas, is no. Sir William said, "Know syphilis in all its manifestations and relations, and all other things clinical will be added unto you."
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It is not surprising that Osler was misquoted. Bean, in the introduction to his father's splendid collection of Osler's aphorisms, says, "Even a cursory survey of Osler's writings discloses a wealth of epigrams — the self-sufficient epitome in . . .
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| ISSN: | 0028-4793 1533-4406 |
| DOI: | 10.1056/NEJM198703053161018 |