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To: Volsi Mimir who wrote (1067)	12/17/1998 12:48:00 PM
From: Volsi Mimir	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 13018

"when you hear hoofbeats, don't think of zebras'" this variation of 'Sutton's law' is designed to teach students a logical approach to achieving a diagnosis, since common things occur commonly and when one hears hoofbeats, one usually thinks of horses. And avoid a red herring. Joseph C. Segen Sutton's law a guideline evoked to temper the enthusiasm of externs and other novices in clinical medicine who want to 'work up' a disease; attributed to Willie Sutton, a noted bank robber who, when asked why he robbed banks, replied "...that's where the money is". In applying Sutton's law then, is to search for the most likely symptom, ie where the money is.