Just fading away?: The closing of Walter Reed

Article Abstract:

The Defense Base Reallocation and Closure (BRAC) Commission in 2005 has decided to close the venerable Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. Experts working with the BRAC are predicting a new Walter Reed that would feature state-of-the-art programs in the treatment and management of amputations and other disabling injuries, mental health disorders related to warfare, and gunshot, burn, and radionuclear wounds.

United States, Plant shutdown, Professional Organizations, Medical Associations, Medical societies, Facility closures, Walter Reed Army Medical Center (Washington, D.C.)

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The accidental addict

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The chronicle of physician William Stewart Halsted of the John Hopkins Hospital, who faced both professional and literal extinction because of a losing battle against a relentless addiction to cocaine, is presented. He was well educated, socially prominent, and swift and decisive operator when speed was of paramount importance to surgical prowess.

United Kingdom, Public affairs, Specialty outpatient clinics, not elsewhere classified, Alcohol & Drug Abuse Services, Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers, Drug Addicts, Health aspects, Social aspects, Drug abuse treatment, Drug abusers, Drug abuse

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The stethoscope and the art of listening

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The stethoscope best symbolizes the practice of medicine as it embodies the essence of doctoring using science and technology in concert with the human skill of listening to determine what ails a patient. Rene Theophile Hyacinthe Laennec was the man who created the stethoscope.

New England States, Usage, New England, Diagnostic equipment (Medical), Stethoscopes

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