[HSF] (OT?) Medicine as practice: what every surgeon should know

Ben Bidstrup benjamin.bidstrup at bigpond.com
Tue Oct 2 08:35:58 EDT 2007


Why?

We have good imaginations.

>Bob, Sounds like an interesting story if you can get around to 
>finishing it. tea ----- Original Message ---- From: 
>"Rwmfglycar at aol.com" <Rwmfglycar at aol.com> To: 
>OpenHeart-L at lists.hsforum.com Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2007 
>10:00:47 PM Subject: Re: [HSF] (OT?) Medicine as practice: what 
>every surgeon should know Dear Tea, In 1949 I had a different 
>experience from yours. I spent time with a fellow  student and his 
>uncle who was a doctor in the Transkei in South Africa looking after 
>a rural population of Xosas leading a traditoional tribal life. He 
>provided weekly Clinics within a quite wide area.  Many of the 
>clinics  could not be reached by a road. The locals still used ox 
>drawn sleds for moving  heavy loads. We travelled in a surplus WWII 
>Jeep. At each there were a  couple of 
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Ben Bidstrup FRACS FRCSEd FEBCTS
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