Ocean Voyages in Pulmonary Phthisis

A history of lung metastasectomy may be told in narratives but we need randomized controlled trials to know what treatments should be used in the future

“…Any of them may be statistically shown to be the best if the cases they treat are selected with sufficient care, and especially if their failures are quietly sent elsewhere." (18). A century later the Evidence Based Medicine movement sought to move to scientifically collected data, rather than anecdotal observations, to support adoption of new treatments.…”

Should doctors leave the history of medicine to historians?

“…Any of them may be statistically shown to be the best if the cases they treat are selected with sufficient care, and especially if their failures are quietly sent elsewhere. 15 Samways had settled in Mentone, on the French Riviera where he had recovered. He studied and was examined for a Paris MD so that he could practise in France.…”

“…Any of them may be statistically shown to be the best if the cases they treat are selected with sufficient care, and especially if their failures are quietly sent elsewhere. 15…”