Cinderella had a champion.

Society today expects the physician of the future to concern himself increasingly with social justice, the environment and government regulations. However, when attempts are made to deal with these subjects they usually focus on the 'here and now' and not the historical underpinning. The student, practitioner and public, often through the media, marvel at the contemporary medical scene with its greater scientific understanding, diagnostic and operative tools, therapeutic methods and broadened attitudes towards the whole patient. Nevertheless, they are apt to view today's practices either as having always been there or, indeed, as if they had miraculously appeared from outer space.