The secret superstitions of surgeons: How rituals impact surgical success

“Man is a dupeable animal. Quacks in medicine, quacks in religion, and quacks in politics know this, and act upon that knowledge. There is scarcely anyone who may not, like a trout, be taken by tickling…there is scarcely a disease for which a charm has not been given.” – Thomas J. Pettigrew As a surgeon, when Read more… The secret superstitions of surgeons: How rituals impact surgical success originally appeared in KevinMD.com.
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