Mark Twain, Social Critic, and His Image of the Doctor
Authors: WALTER J. FRIEDLANDER
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1972)

The Literature of Medicine1 December 1972Mark Twain, Social Critic, and His Image of the DoctorWALTER J. FRIEDLANDER, M.D., F.A.C.P.WALTER J. FRIEDLANDER, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-77-6-1007 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptMark Twain had an opinion on everything (1). Because he was a keen social critic of his times these opinions are of interest in offering some insight into what our country was like during the latter part of the nineteenth century and the first decade of the twentieth. Twain has been called the "American Voltaire" (2). George Bernard Shaw regarded him as a sociologist before all else (3) and said, "I am persuaded that the future historian of America will find [his] works-indispensable" (4). 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