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Tag: The Little White Coat

  • Becoming a doctor in Chicago (c.1954)—The Chicago Maternity Center

    Peter Berczeller Edited by Paul Berczeller An excerpt from Dr. Peter Berczeller’s memoir, The Little White Coat.   Image by Stephanie Pratt from Pixabay My group and I were assigned to the Chicago Maternity Center at the end of the obstetrics in November 1955. Despite the recent training at Michael Reese, nothing could have prepared me for…

  • Becoming a doctor in Chicago (c.1954)—The Chicago Medical School

    Peter Berczeller Edited by Paul Berczeller An excerpt from Dr. Peter Berczeller’s memoir, The Little White Coat.   Compound monocular microscope. Graduated grey background. Credit: Science Museum, London. CC BY 4.0. Chicago Med was the poor relation among the medical schools ringing Cook County Hospital. The sooty three-story building was dwarfed by the high rises of…