Identifier: glimpsesofmedica00thom (find matches)
Title: Glimpses of medical Europe
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Thompson, Ralph L. (Ralph Leroy), 1872-
Subjects: Medicine Medicine Education, Medical Travel
Publisher: Philadelphia, London, J.B. Lippincott company
Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries
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VIENNA cal standpoint, should have a whole book toitself. Berlin and Vienna are without ques-tion the two greatest medical centres of theworld. Which should have first place is amatter of opinion. One man will tell you thatVienna has had first place in the past, but hasseen her best days, and that she is now ratherdead. Another will tell you, just as sincerely,that Vienna has just begun to come, thatthere is no city in the world that has shownsuch a marked progress in the last few years;that if you want a live, up-to-date town, youmust come to Vienna. Of these opinions, you can take your choice.Personally, I found here a pleasing mixtureof old and new. And as far as first place inmedicine goes, there is ten times as muchmaterial as you could use in a lifetime, andten times as many brilliant young and fam-ous older men, as you could ever expect towork with, both in Vienna and Berlin. While the past fairly bristles with greatnames (and Rokitansky, Hyrtl, Hebra, Bill-roth, and Nothnagel

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