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Joseph A. Silverman, MD
Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons New York

JAMA. 1987;257(10):1331.

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To the Editor.—

This MD became SOB (short of breath), D&C (depressed and catatonic), and T&A (tormented and agitated) as I read the symbols "P&S" in the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), as published in JAMA.¹

The initials "P&S" do not mean, and should never mean, "primary and secondary" (as in syphilis)! To our faculty, students, and alumni, "P&S" stands for one thing only, our alma mater, the Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons. . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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