Hektoen International

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Tag: Tobias Smollett

  • Tobias Smollett, MD: His medical life and experiences

    Martin Duke Mystic, Connecticut, United States   Every generation seems to produce its share of physicians and surgeons who are remembered for their literary accomplishments—Avicenna and Maimonides in the middle ages, Rabelais during the French Renaissance, Thomas Browne in the 17th century and Keats and Goldsmith in the 18th century. Anton Chekhov, Arthur Conan Doyle,…