MODERN SURGERY
GERMAN DOCTOR’S CRITICISM London, March 16. “I regrettfully notice that intellectually physicians are advancing far more rapidly than surgeons,” writes Dr. Edwin Lick, an eminent German surgeon, in “The Doctor’s Mission,” just translated. “A great change is taking place. Surgery is becoming a soulless, unintelligent handicraft. The art of healing as practised by physicians is reasserting its intellectual leadership.” A prominent London surgeon, commenting on Dr. Liek’s views, expressed the opinion that more operations are performed now than ever, yet medicine is supplanting operations in many cases. Osteopathy is increasing by leaps and bounds, and electrical treatment is growing.
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Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 159, 1 April 1930, Page 11
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101MODERN SURGERY Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 159, 1 April 1930, Page 11
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