| Abstract: |  Whenever Robin despairs that no misprints have fallen in hislap for the next column, four come along at once. The LondonCollege of Physicians is advertising a lecture (in October)entitled Beyond Harvey Crushing: enzymes and the redefinitionof corticosteroid hormone action. Methinks someone wasthinking of crush injury to inflict such a cushing indictmenton medical historybut then again, one of Robinscolleagues, invoking the principles of Semmelweiss to persuadehis trainees to wash their hands between patients, was askedWhos Semmelweiss? And the dear Sunday Times has been doing its bit for disease.In an admirable article about designing homes for disabilityit quoted a sufferer from hip dysphasia, which |
