“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.”
Quote by Abraham Flexner
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Abraham Flexner
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. more
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