Word: rhinologist
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...identified the cause as smoking, and was worried enough to suspect cancer. He was right; but apparently the man who knew so much about the mechanisms of denial in others had little influence over his own defenses. Rather than seek the opinion of a leading specialist, he selected a rhinologist of whom he had a low opinion. Was this an example of the celebrated "death wish," or perhaps just another instance of his need to be the boss? Macht nichts. The nose doctor operated and botched the job. Freud was left hemorrhaging on a cot in a small room that...
Just before his 67th birthday, a bearded, scholarly-looking man suffering from leukoplakia appeared at the clinic of Vienna Rhinologist Marcus Hajek. The patient had a group of hard, smooth white spots on the inside of the jaw; expecting a trivial operation, he had not mentioned the visit to his family. But the operation went badly-the growth proved cancerous. In response to an alarming phone call, the patient's wife and daughter rushed to the clinic, found him seated on a kitchen chair with blood all over his clothes. He was too ill to go home...
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