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the uniform that says trust me, i've seen the inside of a body.
means a knee-length white lab coat worn by doctors and clinicians as a symbol of clinical authority and hygiene.
from before the 1800s doctors wore black, dressing like undertakers because outcomes were often the same; as medicine got scientific in the late 19th century, physicians borrowed the white coats of lab chemists to signal cleanliness, rigor, and a break from quackery.
white coat hypothesisyour blood pressure spikes just seeing one
ceremony ritualmed schools now robe first-years in one
color choicewhite shows dirt, forcing visible cleanliness
length matterslonger coat often signals more seniority
for instance
white coat ceremony — started at columbia university in 1993, now global tradition
osler's rounds — william osler popularized clinical teaching in the coat, 1890s johns hopkins
white coat syndrome — up to 30 percent of patients show clinic-only blood pressure spikes