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Abraham Flexner was a distinguished American journalist and educational reformer, known for his significant contributions to medical education and higher education reform. He was born on November 13, 1866, and died on September 21, 1959.

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Famous Abraham Flexner Quotes

“The student is to collect and evaluate facts. The facts are locked up in the patient.”

Facts Students Patient Locked Evaluate Locked Up

Book:Medical Education in the United States and Canada: A Report to the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

Source: Medical Education in the United States and Canada: A Report to the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

“A patient had a 50-50 chance of benefiting from visiting a physician as of 1910. Medicine was more like voodoo than science until the 20th Century.”

Chance Century Medicine Patient Physicians 20th Century Visiting Voodoo

Author:Abraham Flexner

About the Author

Born: November 13, 1866
Died: September 21, 1959
Known for: Reporter
Quotes: 16

Books & Sources

Universities: American, English, GermanRelated source material

Medical Education in the United States and Canada: A Report to the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of TeachingRelated source material

The Usefulness of Useless KnowledgeRelated source material

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