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As they rotate through different specialties, medical students are exposed to hard and fast rules when the seasoned clinician knows that there is only one hard and fast rule in all of medicine.  

The American Bard of Surgery tells the tale of Tragic Turgor, and how adherence to a rigid edict can adversely influence clinical decision-making. 

“Civilization ends when the last court jester is silenced.”