I closed the chapter of my medical studies a long time ago.
all the books I had collected in that era have found their next owners. One of the few I couldn't give away is Kardong's Comparative Anatomy. I've picked it up again out of nostalgia / and recent lack of motivation in my current profession.
nothing makes me feel more connected to the universe / or whatever you prefer to call it / than diving deep into the very imperfect scheme of living things. I might just start posting my daily readings / just to fight off the lack of general motivation
@ruut so gave books away and have mixed feelings or all positive? I have the theory medicine allows people to dump all their time into it in an unhealthy manner (overwhelming shifts, sleeping there) to extract capital since each doc is worth millions to have (some told me 40mil annually) but this is also others more than happy to suicide and stay in loops of ups and downs with satisfying war-like work...
so I'm not being negative here just how you see it is interesting and put mine upfront- not to compare necessarily.
@freeschool absolutely positive feelings about giving away the books - nice to know they've found a new purpose. I don't work in the medical field, but absolutely admire the _science_ behind it (not so much the practice, like you also point out). So I kept a couple of books to remind myself of the science part
