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Volume 332:1724 June 22, 1995 Number 25
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Reflections and Recollections from a Long Life with Medicine

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By Jan G. Waldenström. 137 pp. Rome, Ferrata Storti Foundation Publication, 1994. $20. ISBN 88-7002-654-X.

Everyone who has ever done research knows that it can be fun as well as hard work, but the latter is only marginally reflected in the book. Jan Waldenström is best known for his research on macroglobulinemia, and he is also recognized for his contributions to our knowledge of paraneoplastic phenomena and the carcinoid syndrome. Can a memoir written by an eminent yet modest and humble man be sufficiently accurate to reflect the defeats and accomplishments of a long life? Perhaps not. What we have here is an account of travels throughout the world and through a man's life, written . . . [Full Text of this Article]



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