T.E.B.: Doctoring in an Age of Scientific Medicine

Download or read book T.E.B.: Doctoring in an Age of Scientific Medicine written by Alan L. Graber, MD and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-08-08 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In T.E.B., Dr. Alan Graber examines the influence and legacy of Dr. Thomas Evans Brittingham II, a legendary physician and educator at Vanderbilt University. Brittingham embodied what it meant to be a doctor. He taught his trainees-by his example-how to care for sick people. This book demonstrates Brittingham as an exemplar of a medical era when a doctor's history and physical exam were the principal means of diagnosis. Brittingham's practice of doctoring still represents the essence of good patient care. "This is much more than a biography. T.E.B. was a master of bedside clinical medicine and left his legend to a generation of young doctors. If anyone was ever 'called' to the profession of medicine, it was T.E.B." -Clifton K. Meador, MD, Professor of Medicine, Emeritus, Vanderbilt University