A MAN, aged 70 years, consulted a physician because of pain during urination. The physician, a general practitioner, had been recommended to him by friends. According to local reports the former had a good reputation in the middle-sized manufacturing city in which they all lived.The physician told the patient that he had blood in his urine and treated him with pills to be taken by mouth. No examination other than that of the urine was made. This therapy continued for twelve months, by which time the patient had had so much bladder and urination pain that he demanded more . . .