More thoughts on medicine

This morning, while contemplating how it might be possible to have doctors who can both respond instantly in an emergency, and also think through complicated situations well, it struck me that most of those ten dollar words doctors used are derived from Greek and Latin.  So if you want truly outstanding doctors 20 years from now, teach your children the classics today.  If I'd had more Greek and Latin while growing up, maybe I would have instantly understood that glorious fifty dollar word the doctor used to describe the tendonitis in my elbow.

Well, at least I would have had half a chance!