BMJ 2006 333;1333-1335
Willich N. Physicians in opera - reflection of medical history and public perception
Dear Colleagues,
There is an amusing piece in the festive issue of the world's oldest medical journal.
It seems that on balance we doctors are a despicable lot as represented in opera . with a few nice but largely impotent exceptions (the soprano always dies in the end!).
Full paper Physicians in opera - reflection of medical history and public perception 572k pdf - opens in new window.
"Merry Christmas" to listers who may celebrate that sort of thing - there are few enough in Australia where we (lapsed poveri) generally worship sun and sand at this time of year!
