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To the Editor: I was delighted that you treated us to a broad view of what was really important in medicine during the past millennium (Jan. 6 issue).¹ The editorial reminded me of Lester King's list of the "dozen who made a difference."² To avoid a bias toward the selection of more recent achievements, King stopped with the 19th century. His list, like yours, included Galen, Vesalius, Harvey, Virchow, and Koch. Readers may wish to consult King's article to see why he also included Paracelsus (whose middle name was Bombastus), Sydenham, Paré, Newton, Bacon, Boerhaave, and Bichat.

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