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Stephen Kronenberg, MD
New York

Arch Ophthalmol. 1987;105(11):1480.

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To the Editor.

—After having examined and treated patients for about ten years now, it seems to me that there are a few rules of conduct that are universal and that I would like to share with the rest of my colleagues. These rules, which I consider to be laws of human behavior, are as follows:

1. "The slower the patient walks, the further he sits from your door." Old Sady Smith, who walks with a walker because she has an artificial hip, sits on the other side of your waiting room, while Morris Brown, who runs the mile in 3 min 45 s, sits in the seat that is right next to your office.
   
2. "The difficulty of a case is in inverse proportion to the insurance reimbursement." You can be sure that the patient who needs a corneal graft; cataract extraction, with insertion of intraocular lens; trabeculectomy; pars
   

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