TY - JOUR T1 - The health of a nation JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 893 LP - 893 DO - 10.3399/bjgp08X376348 VL - 58 IS - 557 AU - Patrick McEvoy Y1 - 2008/12/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/58/557/893.abstract N2 - The season of planting fields is almost doneWhen whisper-like through the islands comeThe eager-waited message all to summon;'Tis time to leave your hearth and homely townsTo leave the merchants launching laden tritemesLeave your wives and mothers to the spinningAnd hoplite youth at martial arts for training;Once again it is the time for discourseBeneath the ancient plane tree at KosIn company with Hippocrates the WiseAnd walk the Aesculapion wardsBe refreshed in vigour, with renewed delightIn platonic ideals of Health and Hygiene,Debate with friends far into star-filled nights.Upon return each to his dispensaryRenewed in ardour, with commitment filledIn philosophy, philanthropy and philotechniaOf healing herbs, potion and incantationA sense of change among the … ER -