The Graying of Grand Rounds

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Once upon a time, Grand Rounds, so popular and populous that they came to be held in a hospital's auditorium or similar facility, were well organized, decorous, stately and punctual exercises. The chief and other leaders of the service occupied the front rows, and behind them, in hierarchical tiers, sat staff, house officers, students and others. At the appointed hour, the case presentation began, and the patient's story was then unfolded, usually by a house officer or student so intimately acquainted with the facts that reference to written work, numbers or notes was unnecessary. Frequently, a diagram on the blackboard, . . .

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