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By William Hollingsworth. 331 pp. Chapel Hill, N.C., Professional Press, 1994. No price available. ISBN 1-57087-038-1.

This book is a personal, thoughtful, and eminently readable account of three extraordinary physicians who exemplify responsible leadership in academic medicine: Soma Weiss, Eugene Stead, and Paul beeson — the last two close associates and friends of the author.

Weiss was a brilliant young émigré from Hungary who had a meteoric career, first at the Thorndike Memorial Laboratory and later as professor and chief of medicine at the Brigham Hospital and Harvard Medical School. He was an inspiring teacher and a remarkable clinical investigator with a gift for linking the symptoms of patients with clinical research. His career was tragically . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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