John Womack tells us that Harvard economists dismiss history of economics with the dismissive query: "would they teach history of medicine in the med school?" In most Canadian medical schools history of medicine IS taught. The history of error, arrogantly practiced by the most respected and caring professionals of the past, is considered a useful cautionary tale. Caring physicians, for example, were among the most receptive to eugenic ideas worldwide. History is a way of teaching prospective physicians to slow down before they try to coerce people to do things for their own good. It's a tale that needs constant reinforcement. Evelyn L. Forget