RT Journal
A1 WAHL HR
T1 THe responsibility of the pathologist
JF Journal of the American Medical Association
JO Journal of the American Medical Association
YR 1928
FD August 18
VO 91
IS 7
SP 441
OP 443
DO 10.1001/jama.1928.02700070001001
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1928.02700070001001
AB The chief responsibility of the pathologist is the cultivation and stimulation of the true spirit of science, not only in his own department but throughout the hospital. He should use every means in his power to encourage in his colleagues and in the interns the habit of keen, thoughtful analysis of facts. He should show by his own example the intense passion for facts, the cautiousness of statement, the clearness of vision and the sense of the interrelatedness of things that make up the essential characteristics of the scientific mood. There is no member of the staff who is in a more strategic position to illustrate the scientific method by making certain of the facts, by precision of statement, by getting things clear and by recognizing the complexity of all problems or situations. These facts are by no means always material in nature. Those of a psychic character involving the