MacIntosh was old school. Nowadays we would admiringly call him badass. He cared passionately
about tactile and vocal fremitus, as much as he did about the Canadiens winning the
Stanley Cup, which they did that spring by beating the Chicago Black Hawks in 7 games.
It was 1971 and I was an intern at Montreal General Hospital. Waters, he said, “Let
the patient tell his story. Never forget that.”
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Publication history
Published online: August 22, 2021
Accepted:
August 4,
2021
Received:
July 20,
2021
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