“An Antitoxin for Medical Commercialism,” The Physician and Surgeon, Lewis Pilcher, 1912
Noted surgeon Lewis Pilcher describes medical history, in the spirit of noted physician and educator William Osler (1849-1919) who emphasized clinical wisdom and the values of courage, as "an antitoxin for medical commercialism." Pilcher served as editor of Annals of Surgery, America's leading surgical journal, from 1885 to 1934.