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FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS

FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS This article is only available in the PDF format. Download the PDF to view the article, as well as its associated figures and tables. Abstract To the Editor: With pleasure I counter. It would seem the questions come more from book knowledge than ring experience but are still of theoretical interest. A response gives the opportunity to jab, hook, and cross to the heart of this problem with some pertinent and concrete suggestions which should be considered for enforcement by the AMA.For me the serious paradox is not a boxer losing on a butt or even a plastic surgeon's suture prolonging a competition. It is that America, once individualistic, competitive, and rugged, is looking to a softer way, generally in a slide toward the welfare state and specifically in such cries as the one for the abolition of boxing. Why boxing? Why not car or motorcycle racing, football, mountain climbing, or any sport that poses a reasonable hazard?Those who have boxed know that it is a great sport, a character builder, and a http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archives of Surgery American Medical Association

FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS

Archives of Surgery , Volume 87 (3) – Sep 1, 1963

FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS

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This article is only available in the PDF format. Download the PDF to view the article, as well as its associated figures and tables. Abstract To the Editor: With pleasure I counter. It would seem the questions come more from book knowledge than ring experience but are still of theoretical interest. A response gives the opportunity to jab, hook, and cross to the heart of this problem with some pertinent and concrete suggestions which should be considered for enforcement by the AMA.For me the...
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Publisher
American Medical Association
Copyright
Copyright © 1963 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved.
ISSN
0004-0010
eISSN
1538-3644
DOI
10.1001/archsurg.1963.01310150174040
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Abstract

This article is only available in the PDF format. Download the PDF to view the article, as well as its associated figures and tables. Abstract To the Editor: With pleasure I counter. It would seem the questions come more from book knowledge than ring experience but are still of theoretical interest. A response gives the opportunity to jab, hook, and cross to the heart of this problem with some pertinent and concrete suggestions which should be considered for enforcement by the AMA.For me the serious paradox is not a boxer losing on a butt or even a plastic surgeon's suture prolonging a competition. It is that America, once individualistic, competitive, and rugged, is looking to a softer way, generally in a slide toward the welfare state and specifically in such cries as the one for the abolition of boxing. Why boxing? Why not car or motorcycle racing, football, mountain climbing, or any sport that poses a reasonable hazard?Those who have boxed know that it is a great sport, a character builder, and a

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Archives of SurgeryAmerican Medical Association

Published: Sep 1, 1963

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