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When I visited the Mayo Clinic I was astonished to find patients with backache and sciatica in a “neurology” bed—surely they belonged in a “neurosurgery” bed? Not so, not since the Mayo brothers and the early pioneers of the Clinic in the early 20th century declared that physicians and surgeons should look after potential surgical patients together. How very sensible. I …
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