Helping Physicians To Keep Abreast of the Medical Literature: Medical and Philosophical Commentaries, 1773–1795
Authors: Iain Chalmers
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2000)

Medical Writings1 August 2000Helping Physicians To Keep Abreast of the Medical Literature: Medical and Philosophical Commentaries, 1773–1795Iain Chalmers, FRCPEdin and Ulrich Tröhler, MD, PhDIain Chalmers, FRCPEdinUK Cochrane Centre, NHS Research and Development Programme; Oxford, United Kingdom OX2 7LG (Chalmers)University of Freiburg; Freiburg, Germany D-79104 (Tröhler) and Ulrich Tröhler, MD, PhDUK Cochrane Centre, NHS Research and Development Programme; Oxford, United Kingdom OX2 7LG (Chalmers)University of Freiburg; Freiburg, Germany D-79104 (Tröhler)Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-133-3-200008010-00024 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail [Life is too short for a conscientious physician] to acquire—even with the most suitable education, unremitting observation, accurate investigation, and unwearied reading— … satisfactory confidence in the unreserved treatment of the sick committed to his charge.John Rollo, 1801 (1)Like John Rollo (d. 1809)—an army surgeon trained in Edinburgh 200 years ago—today's conscientious clinicians wishing to keep up to date with relevant information face a truly daunting task (2). 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Google Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: Iain Chalmers, FRCPEdin; Ulrich Tröhler, MD, PhDAffiliations: UK Cochrane Centre, NHS Research and Development Programme; Oxford, United Kingdom OX2 7LG (Chalmers)University of Freiburg; Freiburg, Germany D-79104 (Tröhler)Acknowledgments: The authors thank Matthias Egger, Paul Glasziou, Brian Haynes, David Sackett, Henry Schneiderman, and two anonymous referees for comments on earlier drafts; John Chalmers, for information about Andrew Duncan; Sarah White, for transcribing material from Medical Commentaries; and Iain Milne, Librarian at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, for help in many ways.Corresponding Author: Iain Chalmers, FRCPEdin, UK Cochrane Centre, Summertown Pavilion, Middle Way, Oxford OX2 7LG; e-mail, ichalmers@cochrane.co.uk.Current Author Addresses: Dr. Chalmers: UK Cochrane Centre, Summertown Pavilion, Middle Way, Oxford OX2 7LG, United Kingdom.Dr. Tröhler: Institut für Geschichte der Medizin, Stefan Meier Str 26, D-79104 Freiburg i. 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