who cares who’s first?
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WHO CARES WHO'S FIRST?"To the best ofo ur knowledge, this is thefirst report oj . . . "r is oneof those hackneyed phrases that evokes a yawn fro m the averagemedicaljournal reader. ' It is even more irritating if the claim is unjustified. Contributors to medical journals Should concentrateon 'what's important?', not 'who'sfirst?' - i.e., on the treatment being reported rather than on who was first (or second) in the
US ortheworld to use it.
Vero n.D.A. :~Archives·of Dermatology I H : SSH Kpf 1977)"
INPHARMA 2nd July, 1977 p4