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Ellis Abel Learns.

In my own words

Why I love doctors

A scientist looks through a microscope at human breast cancer cells in a cell bioassay laboratory, with an automated liquid handling robot behind her. Real USGS photograph used on the Ellis Abel Learns "Why I Love Medicine" page.
A scientist looks through a microscope at human breast cancer cells in a cell bioassay laboratory, with an automated liquid handling robot behind her. Abigail Nicole Henke, USGS · Public domain
  • Somebody figured out how to fix this.
  • You have to know how it works before you can help it.
  • The tests tell you what the person cannot.

What it really is

Medicine applies biology and evidence to keep a specific person alive and well.

Three things to try today

  1. Take your pulse for fifteen seconds.
  2. Multiply by four.
  3. Do it again after running and compare.
A scientist looks through a microscope at human breast cancer cells in a cell bioassay laboratory, with an automated liquid handling robot behind her. Real USGS photograph used on the Ellis Abel Learns "Why I Love Medicine" page.
A scientist looks through a microscope at human breast cancer cells in a cell bioassay laboratory, with an automated liquid handling robot behind her. Abigail Nicole Henke, USGS · Public domain

For the grown-up reading this

Pulse times four is a child's first calculation with a real purpose.

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