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It is not surprising to find that, again, due to their
commitment to love and serve those weaker than themselves as Christ did, people
of faith were at the forefront of advancing standards of clinical medicine and
patient care throughout the ages. Thomas Sydenham is sometimes hailed as the
'English Hippocrates'. He stressed the importance of personal, scientific
observation and holistic care for patients, and he was one of the brave 'plague
doctors' who did not desert the sick and dying during the Great Plague of
London. Herman Boerhaave followed in Sydenham's footsteps, and was very
influential in pioneering modern clinical medicine, while William Osler taught
all medical students to base their attitudes and care for their patients on the
standards laid down in the Bible.
Mat
25:36 I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in
prison and you came to me.'
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