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RE: Do MDs need to know physics?



I had an interesting argument from an MD, a number of years ago, as he
tried to explain to me that a "cubic centimeter" and a "milliliter"
were different.

Quibble, quibble, quibble.

A 'number' of years ago, they MAY have been different. IF (a VERY big
if!!!) the milliliter was defined as the volume of a gram of H2O (under
certain VERY specific conditions) then indeed it DID differ from a cc by a
SMALL amount.

Perhaps someone else has a bit of historical insight to add??

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