Preamble The God in the Machine By Lewis H. Lapham Americans ask of medicine more than medicine can deliver—not only the cure for death, but also the gift of riches. More
Essay Oath of Office By Richard Selzer A conversation between Richard Selzer & Peter Josyph on the origins of the Hippocratic Oath. More
Voices In Time 1914 | Lambaréné Swarmed by Mosquitoes Albert Schweitzer confronts sleeping sickness.More
Voices In Time c. 1760 | Michigan White-Man Giver Native Americans encounter a terrible sickness.More
The only places where American medicine can fully live up to its possibilities are the teaching hospitals. —Bernard De Voto, 1951
