Key result
Medicine has progressed over the past half-century, becoming less of an art and more of a science, particularly in the field of roentgenology.
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Editorial
A historical or philosophical reflection on the progress of medicine and roentgenology.
IN A recent article,1 the present dean of American radiologists, Dr. Arthur Christie, quotes Arnold Toynbee2 to the effect that retrogression is more natural than progression. He was speaking, however, of civilizations, not of men. Darwin3 states that "progress is more general than retrogression" in the development of men and races. Robert Browning4 even speaks of "Progress, man's distinctive mark alone." There is no "possible probable shadow of doubt" that medicine has progressed in the half-century just finished. True, it is less of an art and more of a science. True also, it is less of a profession and more . . .
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Merrill C. Sosman (1951) reported an editorial. Medicine has progressed over the past half-century, becoming less of an art and more of a science, particularly in the field of roentgenology.
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