The Doctor's Dilemma
- Subtitle
- Preface on Doctors
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1. Front matter2. DOUBTFUL CHARACTER BORNE BY THE MEDICAL PROFESSION3. DOCTOR'S CONSCIENCES4. THE PECULIAR PEOPLE5. RECOIL OF THE DOGMA OF MEDICAL INFALLIBILITY ON THE DOCTOR6. WHY DOCTORS DO NOT DIFFER7. THE CRAZE FOR OPERATIONS8. CREDULITY AND CHLOROFORM9. MEDICAL POVERTY10. THE SUCCESSFUL DOCTOR11. THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SELF-RESPECT IN SURGEONS12. ARE DOCTORS MEN OF SCIENCE?13. BACTERIOLOGY AS A SUPERSTITION14. ECONOMIC DIFFICULTIES OF IMMUNIZATION15. THE PERILS OF INOCULATION16. DOCTORS AND VIVISECTION17. THE PRIMITIVE SAVAGE MOTIVE18. THE HIGHER MOTIVE. THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE.19. THE FLAW IN THE ARGUMENT20. LIMITATIONS OF THE RIGHT TO KNOWLEDGE21. A FALSE ALTERNATIVE22. OUR OWN CRUELTIES23. THE SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION OF CRUELTY24. ROUTINE25. THE OLD LINE BETWEEN MAN AND BEAST26. VIVISECTING THE HUMAN SUBJECT27. "THE LIE IS A EUROPEAN POWER"28. AN ARGUMENT WHICH WOULD DEFEND ANY CRIME29. THOU ART THE MAN30. WHAT THE PUBLIC WANTS AND WILL NOT GET31. THE VACCINATION CRAZE32. STATISTICAL ILLUSIONS33. THE SURPRISES OF ATTENTION AND NEGLECT34. STEALING CREDIT FROM CIVILIZATION35. BIOMETRIKA36. PATIENT-MADE THERAPEUTICS37. THE REFORMS ALSO COME FROM THE LAITY38. FASHIONS AND EPIDEMICS39. THE DOCTOR'S VIRTUES40. THE DOCTOR'S HARDSHIPS41. THE PUBLIC DOCTOR42. MEDICAL ORGANIZATION43. THE SOCIAL SOLUTION OF THE MEDICAL PROBLEM44. THE FUTURE OF PRIVATE PRACTICE45. THE TECHNICAL PROBLEM46. THE LATEST THEORIES