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From: smith@umn-cs.UUCP (Richard Smith)
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Subject: Re: Diagnosing strategies for humans?
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Date: Fri, 19-Oct-84 21:00:47 EDT
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Nf-From: umn-cs!smith    Oct 19 12:55:00 1984

In response to robison and the fine art of diagnosis:

My secondhand impression of medical diagnosis matches yours.  My
wife is a family physician and from what I've seen it's obvious that
physical examination is an arcane art.  My wife seems to derive
lots of data simply from poking, prodding, and listening with
a stethoscope.  The larger part of one's medical education is in
a sort of hospital 'apprenticeship' learning these things firsthand
(i.e. med school clinical rotations, then internship and residency).
Naturally you're most familiar with things that your teachers know
and with the typical ailments at the hospitals you work at.

Rick.