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Calif Med. 1967 May;106(5):375-81.
The following address was given at the Gold-Headed Cane Ceremony, University of California School of Medicine, on 3 June 1966. At this event on the eve of Commencement Day, the senior student who has been chosen by his classmates and professors in the Department of Medicine as the one who best exemplifies the qualities of a true physician is given a gold-headed cane. This carries on the English tradition of a cane which was passed from physician to physician from 1689 to 1825, and was carried successively by Drs. John Radcliffe, Richard Mead, Anthony Askew, David Pitcairn and Matthew Baillie. The original cane now rests in the Hall of the Royal College of Physicians in London.
以下致辞于1966年6月3日在加利福尼亚大学医学院的金头手杖仪式上发表。在毕业典礼前夕的这个活动中，医学院的高年级学生中被同学和教授们选为最能体现真正医生品质的一位会被授予一根金头手杖。这延续了英国的一项传统，从1689年到1825年，手杖在医生之间传承，先后由约翰·拉德克利夫医生、理查德·米德医生、安东尼·阿斯克医生、大卫·皮特凯恩医生和马修·贝利医生持有。原来的手杖现保存在伦敦皇家内科医学院的展厅里。
