TY - JOUR AU - Tjen, H. S. L. M. PY - 2003/05/01 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - The European internist – a promising prospect or an illusion? JF - Eesti Arst JA - EA VL - 0 IS - 0 SE - MITMESUGUST DO - 10.15157/ea.v0i0.9528 UR - https://ojs.utlib.ee/index.php/EA/article/view/9528 SP - AB - Contemporary internal medicine evolved from “innere Medizin” in Germany and Austria in the early 1880’s and it describes a discipline covering the specific scientific knowledge of organ pathophysiology. The primary mission of early internists was diagnosis and they were called in as consultants for the most difficult diagnostic cases. ER -