ABSTRACT
The so-called " bedside " manner which is the butt for so much ridicule is not so purely ridiculous as one might be tempted to think. I ts basis is to be found in this very knowledge of human nature which is so essential, although the superstructure is often nothing more than vapid futility. In addition to this the ideal doctor should possess a trained scientific mind, and, of the two, the former is infinitely the more important, although the latter is very valuable, not only for itself, but for the training which it gives in "tidy" thinking.
