1987 and the Generalist
Abstract
Three hours into 1987 I was immersed in the initial care of a man with a mediastinal bullet wound. He was followed by many with mundane problems, intermingled with a multitude of stab wounds, a man sjamboked to near-death by unknown assailants, an alleged police assault, a group of people from a two-car accident and an elderly man with a volvulus. I wondered how many other general practitioners were also awake at that time to care for the victims of 'celebration', along with caring for the normal ills of mankind.
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