“. . . it still strikes me myself as strange that the case histories I should write should read like short stories and that, as one might say, they lack the serious stamp of science. I must console myself with the reflection that the nature of the subject is evidently responsible for this, rather…
In 1957, the year I entered college, the American Medical Association issued its “Principles of Medical Ethics.” Section 10 stated “The honored ideals of the medical profession imply that the responsibility of the physician extends not only to the individual, but also to society, and these responsibilities deserve his [sic] interest and participation in activities…
The Bible describes three different worlds, three successive experiments of a sort, each of them acknowledging greater imperfection in human behavior. In Eden, humans are immortal, vegetarian, and at peace. Outside Eden, where Cain Kills Abel, they are mortal and violent. After the Flood, they are no less violent, and, beginning with Noah himself, they…