Dr. Rosen writes:

... I am a ninety-nine-year-old retired physician. My mother wanted me to become a doctor. By first grade she often addressed me, in Yiddish, "mayn klainer doctor" (my little doctor).

... In 1918, when I was nine years old, my parents lay ill with the Spanish flu. They made a full recovery thanks to a medicine Dr. Sweeney, our family doctor, gave them. Many years later, when I was at Tufts Medical School, I learned that it was probably mineral oil, and nothing more, because there was no cure for the flu. Dr. Sweeney was simply prescribing confidence in Dr. Sweeney. I understood that confidence, and the time needed to build trust between a doctor and a patient, is crucial.

... After World War II, I started a private practice in Manchester, Connecticut. I took my time with my patients. As my practice grew, I felt pressured by my appointment schedule. I resolved that conflict in favor of my patients: I stopped wearing a watch. Even more so today, time pressure has become an issue in health care practices.

... In this book, I write about how I became a doctor, my experiences as an eye, ear, nose and throat doctor, and about the positive and negative changes I have seen in medicine since I started practicing as a physician seventy-five years ago.

Doctor without a Watch
ISBN 978-0-615-20632-5 Paperback, 266 pages, photos, index.
LOC: 1) United States-Medical Practices-1918. 2) Medical doctors-United States-Biography.
Price: $19.08