Commentary

A Bad Influence

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Many years ago, while seeing patients in a hospital urgent care center, I overheard a sessional physician tell a middle-aged man: "You probably have what we call a vascular headache. I don't think it's serious, but if you begin to have severe pain or a fever and become very confused, I want you to come back here immediately."


 

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