Medicine is my lawful wife, and literature is my mistress. When I get fed up with one, I spend the night with the other. Though it is irregular, it is less boring this way, and besides, neither of them loses anything through my infidelity.
Who wrote this?
Anton Chekhov (1860-1904)
One of Russia’s most famous writers and often argued as one of the greatest short story writers, Anton Chekhov began his medical studies at the Moscow University Medical School in 1879. As a student, he wrote hundreds of short stories to support himself and his family.
Chekhov died at the age of 44 after a long affliction with tuberculosis.
- Schwartz RS. “Medicine Is My Lawful Wife” – Anton Chekhov, 1860-1904. N Engl J Med 2004; 351:213-214
Question 2
Which doctor studied medicine in Buenos Aires and became Fidel Castro’s second in command.
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Question 3
Which Python studied medicine at Cambridge before joining the Footlights?
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Question 4
Which doctor wrote: The Andromeda Strain (1969), The Great Train Robbery (1975), Congo (1980), Sphere (1987) and the Rising Sun (1992) to name a few?
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Question 5
Which doctor was working at Kaiser Permanente in 2009 and played a drug lord in the first of three films. He quit the next day after the first film was finished.
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