My Tribute To Paternalistic Medicine

In this old song by French singer Michel Sardou, it is said that what is left of Verdun (World War I) or of (The Great) Terror is an old man walking by. Paternalistic medicine can be compared to Verdun or to The Great Terror...

"Finalement, Verdun, ce n'est qu'un vieux qui passe."
De Verdun à la médecine paternaliste, certains vous diront qu'il n'y a qu'un pas ...

Et comme le dit la chanson, Verdun, c'est un vieillard usé ...



An old man walking by...

French pioneer of heart transplant in Europe Christian Cabrol. Pic: http://www.theatre-huchette.com/actualite/evenements

Today's pioneers can be seen at MIT (US), or at the Max Planck Institute (Germany), and as my MIT prof Eric Lander keeps saying: "Don't forget that the fastest computers today are in China, not in the USA."

Emmanuelle Charpentier

Feng Zhang & colleague