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Arch Surg. 1998;133:681-682.

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THIS NEW section in the ARCHIVES may be the perfect forum to pass on some surgical folklore to a generation of politically correct surgical trainees and young surgeons who may have never known a true character. Such a man was George Edward Block who died July 17, 1994. In the obituaries that followed, his multiple accomplishments were outlined and he was justifiably lionized as a man above men, a master surgeon, and an individual for whom the mores of the herd meant little.

George spent most of his professional career at the University of Chicago, and it is there that he forged his reputation, most memorably captured in the now-legendary book on the training of surgeons, Forgive and Remember by Charles Bosk. He published and lectured extensively, most notably in the fields of inflammatory bowel disease and colorectal carcinoma. When he spoke, all listened, because everyone knew that this man . . . [Full Text of this Article]