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EVERETT P. COLEMAN, M.D.

AMA Arch Surg. 1958;76(5):661-666.

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The honor you have conferred in electing me to this high office is one which I shall always treasure. In common with all of you, I belong to a number of other surgical organizations, all of them excellent ones and of high rating, but I appreciate my membership in the Western most of all. As Dr. Donald McRae said many years ago: "The presidency of the Western is a greater honor than being President of either the American Medical Association or the American College of Surgeons; it is a more difficult office to attain." I, too, regard it as such.

During my term as Recorder I have looked over most of the old Transactions and, among other things, have read the presidential addresses of many years gone by. I find that they follow a general pattern. The new presidents have usually been surprised when elected and have shown a sense . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Canton, III.

Footnotes
Presidential address read at the 65th Annual Meeting of the Western Surgical Association, Salt Lake City, Nov. 22, 1957.

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