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Vital Signs
Then & Now
A reminder of the pace of change, and of timeless truths, from the Fall 1982 issue of this magazine:
In an article titled "Modern
Medicine and Human Values,"
Dr. Gene Stollerman,
DC '41, wrote: "The dehumanization
of medicine by
medical technology and the
organization of our health
care make it at times virtually
impossible to establish
and sustain a prolonged doctor-patient relationship. The
patient is faced with . . . a
succession of specialists for
each of his body systems, for
each member of his family,
and for each type of care."
49
Number of references to
"doctor-patient relationship"
today on DMS websites
Year One
When DMS students begin
"exploring firsthand the
doctor-patient relationship"
A reminder of the pace of change, and of timeless truths, from 1943's Fifty Years of Service, a history of Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital:
"On May 18, 1893, a girl of
13 . . . was admitted to the
Mary Hitchcock Memorial
Hospital, the doors of which
had been opened a few days
before. Her difficulty was
noted as 'hip joint disease.'
. . . After a period of observation,
an operation was
performed, from which she
made a slow recovery. On
August 8 she was discharged
with the notation 'improved.'
This was case No. 1
in the records of the Hospital.
In the 50 years which
have since elapsed, some
74,000 sufferers from one
physical ailment or another
have followed in her train."
21,254
Number of inpatients
discharged from DHMC
in 2005 alone
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