religio medici :nice: by thomas browne

Want to give us a little elaboration as to why we should read it? (For those of us who are unfamiliar with the title, that is...) :)

its about medical ethics and about doctor's faith and conviction.

Sir Thomas Browne's Religio Medici ("The Religion of a Doctor") was in its day a European best-seller which brought its author fame and respect throughout the continent. Because an unauthorized version of Browne's thoughts upon the Christian virtues of Faith, Hope and Charity, were mercilessly distributed and reproduced with added text, the newly-qualified physician found it necessary to publish an authorized version of his spiritual testament and psychological self-portrait in 1643.

Those aren't the same doctors that bled people to get out the bad blood and dunked schizophrenics in ice water to cure them, are they? (Time frame matches up...)

actually, no

Fabulous. Because those doctors suck ass.