"...the object of this [pathology course] is not to make a man rich, but is to make him thoughtful and useful to the community.’’

http://www.archivesofpathology.org/doi/pdf/10.5858/arpa.2013-0144-HP

Kirk D. Jones, (2013) Whence Lepidic?. Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine In-Press.

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Whence Lepidic?

The History of a Canadian Neologism

Kirk D. Jones, MD

From the Department of Pathology, University of California, San Francisco.

"John George Adami, MD, (Figure 1) was born at Ashtonon- Mersey, Lancashire, on January 12, 1862. After studying in Manchester, Cambridge, Breslau, and Paris, Dr Adami arrived at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, in 1892. As a professor of pathology, he was described as interesting and having a peculiar charm. He wrote of the pathology course, ‘‘It is quite true that the ignorant and the quack can
render himself rich, and it is true that he may manage to effect apparent or even real cure without knowing a word about the science of medicine but the object of this [pathology course] is not to make a man rich, but is to make him thoughtful and useful to the community.’’