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Here is the second in a series of links to essential classic Respectful Insolence from Orac's old blog. In a continuing series of posts, for the benefit of new readers (and a trip down memory lane for old readers), I now present: The Galileo Gambit What is a theory? Breast cancer "dormancy" Public…
In a continuing series of posts, for the benefit of new readers (and a trip down memory lane for old readers), I now present: Orac knows World War II and Holocaust history: 60 years ago today: The evacuation of Auschwitz and start of the death march The 60th Anniversary of the Liberation of…
While I am on vacation, I'm reprinting a number of "Classic Insolence" posts to keep the blog active while I'm gone. (It also has the salutory effect of allowing me to move some of my favorite posts from the old blog over to the new blog, and I'm guessing that quite a few of my readers have…
"Patient-centered care." It's the new buzzword in patient care. Personally, I find the term mor ethan a little Orwellian in that it can mean so many things. Basically, it's a lot like Humpty Dumpty when he says to Alice, "When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean -- neither more nor…

There is only one thing that bugs me about the guest post I wrote. I got the name slightly wrong - it's Statens Serum Institut not Statens Serums Institut, the later would mean the State's Serum's Institute (in other words, the insititute would belong to the serum), instead of the State's Serum Institute.

It has been annoying me ever since I wrote that piece, but since it makes absolutely no difference, I didn't mention it before now, when it's linked again.

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