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The Physician's After Ego
LEON J. LEAHY, M.D.
AMA Arch Surg. 1955;71(3):307-330.
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In my selection of a subject for this Presidential Address, I must confess to the influence of a long-standing interest concerning the outstanding achievements of physicians in nonmedical pursuits. Also, I thought a respite from scientific papers might be welcome.
I had thought too, that my choice had some originality but I was quickly disillusioned of this idea on visiting the reference libraries. Various aspects of the subject I planned to cover had been dealt with in numerous articles and books. This fact somewhat discouraged me and I entertained the idea of discussing a clinical matter but found myself reverting to my original intention. The predicament seemed similar to that of the Australian who wished to purchase a new boomerang but went crazy trying to rid himself of the old one. I have proceeded, however, in the hope that my efforts might provide some consolidation of the widely dispersed information.
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Author Affiliations
Buffalo
Footnotes
Submitted for publication April 25, 1955.
Clinical Professor of Surgery, University of Buffalo School of Medicine.
Presidential Address, given at the Twelfth Annual Meeting of the Central Surgical Association, Chicago, Feb. 18, 1955.
Since this article represents a wide departure from the type of article usually published in the Archives, it is printed as it was received from the author, to preserve intact the spirit of the delivered address.
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