Strangers in My Body
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There is a bizarre piece of medical hypocrisy : in the preface, the names and qualifications of the doctors concerned are splendidly rolled out. In the text, however, they are given pseudonyms, " in the best and most scrupulous tradition of the medical profession Both men must be a shade too gentle since they left their patient at large after she had attempted to strangle her daughter. Surprisingly, too, they arranged for her to act as a sort of medical cabaret after a dinner attended by their colleagues. Undoubtedly they earned the respect and affection of all four personalities. The birth of one and the death of two of these entities actually occurred in their consulting room. But all this is, I think, beside the point, because the overwhelming attraction of the book whether you believe it or not
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