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Blowing the Whistle
The Internship of William Carlos Williams, MD, and His Abrupt Resignation From the New York Nursery and Child's Hospital
Howard Markel, MD, PhD
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2000;154:952-955.
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INTRODUCTION
It is fitting that it was a pathology professor, William Henry Welch, who best described what constituted a complete and successful career in medicine: "the almost perfect adaptation of [one's] talent and temperament to the accidents and circumstances of his life"1(pxi) (Welch WH, review of The Life of Sir William Osler, Harvey Cushing Papers, Yale University Manuscript Collections, Microfilm 124, p 39). Although Welch was writing about the exemplary life of Sir William Osler, the axiom could be equally applied to the poet-physician William Carlos Williams, MD. This article will discuss Dr Williams' pediatrics internship at the New York Nursery and Child's Hospital between 1908 and 1909, an intriguing period in his life that both tested his character and demonstrates how chance or circumstance can have remarkable consequences in life. It was during this year that Williams engaged in a protracted battle with the . . . [Full Text of this Article]
WILLIAMS' MEDICAL EDUCATION
AT THE "CHILD'S"
THE DEFINING EVENT
EPILOGUE
From the Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, Historical Center for the Health Sciences, Simpson Memorial Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. The author served as a fellow at the Center for Scholars and Writers of the New York Public Library, New York, during the academic year of 1999-2000.
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