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By Abraham Verghese. 347 pp. New York, HarperCollins, 1998. $25. ISBN 0-06-017405-6.
By Gerald Weissmann. Approximately 309 pp. New York, Plenum, 1998. $28.95. ISBN 0-306-45981-7.
By Howard Spiro. Approximately 289 pp. New Haven, Conn., Yale University Press, 1998. $35. ISBN 0-300-07632-0.

These three books, which differ so in style and content, are persuasive evidence that the tradition of the physician-author lives on. The beauty of thought and clarity of word they convey merit the attention of any doctor.

Abraham Verghese has already made his literary mark with My Own County, a widely praised book about his medical and personal experiences when AIDS invaded a small rural community. Since then, Verghese, a specialist in infectious diseases, has moved to El Paso, Texas, where he is professor of medicine at Texas Tech University. His new book, The Tennis Partner, is an autobiographical novel. . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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