Using Probability in Medical Diagnosis: A Headache Example
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INOCULATION: - “My poor aunt has often told me, with tears in her eyes, how I was nearly starved by a nurse who had lost her milkĀ
From one dangerous malady, the small-pox. I was indeed rescued by the practice of inoculation, which had recently been introduced into England and was still opposed by medical, religious and even political…
Experienced clinicians begin the process of making a diagnosis
upon first laying eyes on a patient, and probability is one of
the main tools they use in this process. A glimpse “behind the
scenes” from the point of view of a diagnosing physician might
help to explain an otherwise mysterious process.
The diagnostic process can begin even…
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