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1Department of Neurology, University of Southern California Medical School, Los Angeles, USA.
Southern Medical Journal
|September 27, 2000
Abstract:
Formal "duels of honor" ruled upper-class conduct for centuries. That social pressure could compel a choice of "death before dishonor" seems nearly incomprehensible today. Physicians might have been expected to disdain dueling as contrary to professional ethics, but a few rather colorful physicians did enter the lists. Details of some of the most famous physician duels are summarized in this article.