The success of the Murphy Clinics popularized this form of medical literature. This venture was followed by the Medical Clinics of Chicago, subsequently the Medical Clinics of North America, the Surgical Clinics of Chicago, and others. A recent recruit is Smithies' Quarterly Medical Clinics. The preface modestly points out that students and visiting physicians had suggested to Dr. Smithies that his clinics be presented in permanent form. The distinctive feature of these clinics, differing from those mentioned, is the addition to each case report of detailed notes on clinical and laboratory procedures describing the elementary laboratory and clinical methods used by the author or his laboratory assistants in reaching a diagnosis. The descriptive titles on the cases seem unnecessarily verbose; for example,
"Mr. C. D., an Adult Blacksmith, with a Previous History of Enterocolonic Amebiasis, Walked into the Hospital Complaining of Severe Frontal Headache, Mental Cloudiness, and Feeling as Though