Virginia Tadrzynski wrote:

> I remember those. Each school could be told by the cap. Those with not
> such upstanding reps were part of the reason the whole 'cap' went the way of
> the wind, since you were judged by your school before you could open your
> mouth. Maybe that was a good thing, I dunno.
>

No, caps went the way of the dodo bird when they figured out that they
were infection control nightmares. They got in the way of procedures,
they were touching dirty hair, hands touched them then other
things..yada yada yada. They were considered filthy messes and people
wised up. Now the next infection control worry is male doctors neck
ties. A bow tie is a good thing in medicine.