[center]"There is nothing new to be discovered in physics now.â€[/center]
[center] - Lord Kelvin, 1900[/center]
In the 1990’s I was interviewed for a university position in pathology. The Chair, a Professor & Cambridge alumnus, informed me that we have “reached the limits of morphology†in pathology, and the era of molecular biology would revolutionise medicine. It was the first time I had heard such a view but by no means the last; indeed, the same claim was made by a derm
...a rose by any other name would smell as sweet?†Well, on this occasion I don’t agree, Mr Shakespeare. This is particularly the case when the name is “pseudo-lymphomaâ€, an oft used term in dermatopathology, guaranteed to make my hackles rise. Part of my ire stems from the pathologist “diagnosing†pseudo-lymphoma - an oxymoron in my view. To diagnose is to a) recognise a disease or to find the cause of (a problem). So, concluding with pseudolymphoma means that whatever else you mi
