0
ARTICLE |

In Defense of the Art of Medicine

D. EMERICK SZILAGYI, MD
Arch Surg. 1965;91(5):707-711. doi:10.1001/archsurg.1965.01320170001001.
Text Size: A A A
Published online

I AM KEENLY aware of the honor the presidency of this Society signifies and am deeply grateful that this honor has been awarded to me. With an all-seeing and tireless Secretary to attend to the affairs of the Society, such as I had the good fortune of being associated with, this honor, besides being one of distinction, can be a pleasant one, singularly free from bureaucratic burdens. More that that, the office of the presidency grants its holder an unusual privilege—the opportunity of addressing the Society under conditions that must be very nearly ideal: none of the grind of collecting facts and figures, no graphs and charts to compile, no abstract to prepare, no worry about the ten-minute limit, but instead complete freedom in the choice of topic and a knowledgeable but securely captive audience generously disposed, one hopes, to listen to any reasonably coherent exposition. I make use

Sign In to Access Full Content

Don't have Access?

Register and get free email Table of Contents alerts, saved searches, PowerPoint downloads, CME quizzes, and more

Subscribe for full-text access to content from 1998 forward and a host of useful features

Activate your current subscription (AMA members and current subscribers)

Purchase Online Access to this article for 24 hours

Figures

Tables

Interactive Graphics

Video

Country-Specific Mortality and Growth Failure in Infancy and Yound Children and Association With Material Stature

Use interactive graphics and maps to view and sort country-specific infant and early dhildhood mortality and growth failure data and their association with maternal

References

Correspondence

CME
Accreditation Information
The American Medical Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The AMA designates this journal-based CME activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM per course. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Physicians who complete the CME course and score at least 80% correct on the quiz are eligible for AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM.
Note: You must get at least of the answers correct to pass this quiz.
You have not filled in all the answers to complete this quiz
The following questions were not answered:
Sorry, you have unsuccessfully completed this CME quiz with a score of
The following questions were not answered correctly:
Commitment to Change (optional):
Indicate what change(s) you will implement in your practice, if any, based on this CME course.
Your quiz results:
The filled radio buttons indicate your responses. The preferred responses are highlighted
For CME Course: A Proposed Model for Initial Assessment and Management of Acute Heart Failure Syndromes
Indicate what changes(s) you will implement in your practice, if any, based on this CME course.
NOTE:
Citing articles are presented as examples only. In non-demo SCM6 implementation, integration with CrossRef’s “Cited By” API will populate this tab (http://www.crossref.org/citedby.html).
Submit a Comment

Some tools below are only available to our subscribers or users with an online account.

Sign In to Access Full Content

Related Content

Customize your page view by dragging & repositioning the boxes below.

Jobs