Very often, medicine is very territorial. You have this vast field subdivided into subspecialties as if the gods of medicine designate diseases that carry invisible labels reading “Cardiologists only” or “Only Dermatologists Should Visualize This Rash”.
Although many diseases do conform to one organ, if not one part of an organ, this concept of territoriality is oh so wrong for total medicine appreciation. And after all, that’s your goal out there: Total medicine appreciation.
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