This is a picture of the world taken by the crew of the Apollo-17. It has been reproduced on many occasions and is called The Blue Marble. It depicts Earth, one can see the Mediterranean Sea to Antarctica.
As a community, we exchange information, we seek advice, we share the highs, the lows and our experiments. Our experiences, we give advice and we signpost. We are a collection of individuals brought together by a hideous illness. It does not matter where you are in the world, the colour of your skin, the language or dialect you speak, the clothing you wear, the home you reside in. We are unified.
Similarly, so are doctors, upon graduation they perform a tradition which is over 2,400 years old. Their vow and promise, the Hippocratic Oath. It begins with :-
‘I swear by Apollo the physician’ which is a pledge to a deity, the Greek God of medicine.
And ends with :-
‘Prayer that the physician be favoured by the gods, if the Oath is kept, and punished if not.’ These are words of honouring accountability.
Although, wording has changed over the millennia, the Hippocratic Oath has stood the test of time. This is due to the fact that the Father of Medicine, Hippocrates was who he was and what he stood for. His work showed that an astute physician is one that is clearly observant.
P.A./AMAG/B12D is NOT a figure on a screen which is measured in mg/L.
It is a collection of symptoms and impacts every bodily system. From the gastrointestinal system, the musculoskeletal system, the respiratory system, the cardiovascular system, the haematopoietic (blood cells making) system, the nervous system, the reproductive system, the endocrine system, integumentary (hair, skin, nails) system and so on.
P.A./AMAG/B12D is the figure of a person sat or lying before a doctor.
Me, well, I love you guys to the moon and back; that, however, is the solar system.
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