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Harry L. Arnold, Jr., MD

Arch Dermatol. 1967;95(3):312.

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THE PRIMARY responsibility of a medical writer is to have someone read what he writes. Twiston-Davies has suggested that it is rather his first obligation to be understood. While no one could deny that this is an obligation, I doubt that it is the primary one. The primary obligation, as I see it, is to be read; for written matter that is not read is as useless as a firecracker on the moon. Indeed, Dr. Davies' own inimitable writings have attracted me in no small part by reason of the fact that I cannot always understand him. A man who may refer to a proffered piece of research as an "elegant and serviceable hippodorema," for example, is sure not to be universally understood; but he is also sure, for my money, to have a growing circle of readers, eager to see how next he will challenge or titillate their . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Honolulu

From the Straub Clinic, Honolulu.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Dec 12, 1966.

Reprinted with permission of C. K. Parikh, Editor, Journal of the Indian Medical Profession.

Reprint requests to Editor, Hawaiian Medical Journal, Straub Clinic, Honolulu, Hawaii 96814 (Dr. Arnold).

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