The Medical Scholar and His Dilemma
Authors: R. H. KAMPMEIER
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1968)

Presidential Address1 July 1968The Medical Scholar and His DilemmaR. H. KAMPMEIER, M.D., F.A.C.P.R. H. KAMPMEIER, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-69-1-153 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptKnowledge and Wisdom, far from being one,Have oft times no connexion. Knowledge dwellsIn heads replete with thoughts of other men;Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.Knowledge, a rude unprofitable mass,The mere materials with which Wisdom builds,Till smooth'd, and squared, and fitted to its place,Does but encumber whom it seems to enrich.Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much;Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.(The Task—William Cowper)Sir William Osler wrote, "Thucydides it was who said of the Greeks that they possessed 'the power of thinking before they acted,...References1. EMERSON RW: The American Scholar. Some of the Complete Essays and Other Writings. The Modern Library, Random House, Inc., New York, 1940. Google Scholar2. CONANT JB: The American community of scholars. Atlantic Monthly 177: 88, 1946. Google Scholar3. FLOKSTRA JH, VARLEY AB, and HOGANS JA: Reproducibility and accuracy of clinical laboratory determinations. Amer. J. Med. Sci. 251: 646, 1966. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. ROBERTS NJ: An evaluation of the periodic health examinations. A preface. Ann. Intern. Med. 61: 997, 1964. LinkGoogle Scholar5. SCHOR SS, CLARK TW, PARKHURST LW, BAKER JP, and ELSOM KA: An evaluation of the periodic health examination: the findings in 350 examinees who died. Ann. Intern. Med. 61: 999, 1964. LinkGoogle Scholar6. SCHOR SS, ELSOM KA, ELSOM KO, and DUNN JP: An evaluation of the periodic health examination: a study of factors discriminating between survival and death from coronary heart disease. Ann. Intern. Med. 61: 1006, 1964. LinkGoogle Scholar7. CHAYET NL: Power of the package insert. New Eng. J. Med. 277: 1253, 1967. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar8. MODELL W: Editorial: FDA censorship. Clin. Pharmacol. Ther. 8: 359, 1967. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar9. EISENHOWER MS: An arch upon these pillars: the institute keynote. J. Med. Educ. 42 (part 2): 22, 1967. Google Scholar10. BARR D: Hazards of modern diagnosis and therapy: the price we pay. JAMA 159: 1452, 1955. MedlineGoogle Scholar11. SCHIMMEL EM: The hazards of hospitalization. Ann. Intern. Med. 60: 100, 1964. LinkGoogle Scholar12. MCLAMB JT and HUNTLEY RR: The hazards of hospitalization. South. Med. Jour. 60: 469, 1967. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar13. STUMPF SE: Momentum and morality in medicine. Ann. Intern. Med. 67 (suppl. 7): 10, 1967. LinkGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: R. H. KAMPMEIER, M.D., F.A.C.P.Affiliations: Nashville, TennesseeThe Presidential Address given April 1, 1968, at the 49th Annual Session of the American College of Physicians held in association with the Royal College of Physicians of London, in Boston, Mass.Requests for reprints should be addressed to R. H. Kampmeier, M.D., B1308 Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tenn. 37203. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 July 1968Volume 69, Issue 1Page: 153-158 ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 July 1968 PDF downloadLoading ...