Letter to the Editor

As a junior at Amherst, I often wandered into organic chemistry five minutes late, my slippers covered with snow and my hot chocolate dripping. It was February of 1962 and organic chemistry was an obligatory pre-med course. But it was more of an IQ wall than a key to becoming a good doctor. We must always be careful what we wall in and wall out. These days a high EQ (Ethics Quota) might save more patient lives than a high IQ. My memories of Amherst were stirred last December when I received th