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Edited by Robert L. Schmitz and Timothy T. Oh. 207 pp., illustrated. Champaign, Ill., University of Illinois Press, 1993. $39.95. ISBN 0-252-01958-X.

This collection of articles about John Benjamin Murphy resurrects an almost forgotten figure in the rise of surgery in the United States. Born in a Wisconsin log cabin in 1857, Murphy eventually became chief of surgery at the Mercy Hospital in Chicago, a position he held from 1895 until his death in 1916. His life was a combination of a Horatio Alger story and a Theodore Dreiser novel.

An inveterate self-publicist and social climber, Murphy was never short of enthusiastic detractors. His flamboyant style, his lavish office, and his knack for placing himself in the public arena drew patients as . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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