Carrying Stethoscopes
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are shared by many of us, against the indecent practice of hanging one's stethoscope round the neck like a hangman's noose. This bad practice has become much in vogue during the last few years and it is a very common sight to find doctors riding a tram or a bus or going by a rickshaw or walking on the streets with their stethoscopes hanging round the neck. It may be argued to be a matter of convenience but is it not
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