Word: patients
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Force is a handful of bold-eyed young men, haunted by the necessity of economy in the use of their too-few aircraft, inspired by the genius and unerring tactical wisdom of Major General Claire Lee Chennault. On the ground it is a strange compound of unselfish human labor: patient Chinese who work miracles by numbers and sweat where machines are inadequate or just not available; windburned Americans in dusty coveralls who whoop and holler as they work, spend their off hours talking about home...
...patient was completely cured; three snored so gently that their spouses were greatly relieved; three cases were failures (but two of these are continuing treatment). Says Dr. Strauss: "My own feeling is that the failures were due to errors in diagnosis. ... To draw conclusions from the evidence presented would be decidedly premature, and the evidence itself is offered with conservative enthusiasm...
...assistant, 'N.P.' In Mayo Clinic cipher this meant 'no plates,' and indicated that the roentgenologist was so satisfied with the normal appearance of the stomach on the roentgenoscopic screen [fluoroscope] that he did not see any sense in making films. But to the patient, ... it meant 'nothing possible'; in other words, that the situation was hopeless...
...liking for people, especially patients (most of his are women), appears throughout the book. He likes them even though nearly 40 years of listening to troubles have given him such a comprehensive view of human frailty that he can guess many sins a patient is too shy to reveal. Here & there a sharp comment appears: "As I often say to women, the greatest trouble with them as a sex is their pettiness and their inability usually to differentiate what is really important from what is inconsequential...
Advice to Doctors. The book's advice to young doctors makes good sense: 1) take the time to get a good, complete history of the patient's illnesses; 2) do not write down anything likely to embarrass the patient; 3) unearth, if possible, the patient's real reason for seeing a doctor; 4) take a good look at each patient; size him up; 5) never get angry with a patient and never give him the lie direct-"the patient is always right"; 6) do not put too much faith in laboratory tests nor order unnecessary ones...