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American Journal of Epidemiology Vol. 154, No. 9 : 881
Copyright © 2001 by The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health

BOOK REVIEWS

From the Editor

Warren Winkelstein, Jr.

Two books reviewed in the August 8, 2001, issue of JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association (1Go, 2Go) deserve your consideration. The first, entitled Great Feuds in Medicine: Ten of the Liveliest Disputes Ever, chronicles famous controversies that have erupted in the medical field since the 17th century. Of particular interest to epidemiologists are likely to be the chapters "Semmelweis versus the Viennese Medical Establishment: Childbed Fever," "Sabin versus Salk: The Polio Vaccine," and "Gallo versus Montagnier: The AIDS War"; but other chapter titles are also intriguing. I was particularly attracted by the chapters entitled "Bernard versus Chemists, Physicians, and Antivivisectionists: Experimental Medicine" and "Pasteur versus Liebig, Pouchet, and Koch: Fermentation, Spontaneous Generation, and Germ Theory." The book is enthusiastically reviewed by Joe Vander Veer, Jr., of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia.

The second is entitled A Piece of My Mind: A New Collection of Essays from JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association. I had overlooked this feature of JAMA until 1996, when I read a column about Gertrude Stein. When I wrote to the Editor, Roxanne K. Young, to congratulate her on this new feature of the journal, she responded in part as follows: "Hmmm. Well, as a matter of fact, the column has been published in JAMA since 1981." She also sent me a copy of the first volume of collected essays. After I had read them, I wrote to my dean, "They (the essays) provide an insight into the ‘morality’ of medical care which I find poignant and insightful... Maybe they would calm a bit of the ‘doctor bashing’ which, I have long felt, is too common in our students and faculty." This second volume is thoughtfully and favorably reviewed by Andrew D. Furlik of the Yale University School of Medicine.

I intend to acquire (and read) both of these books.

REFERENCES

  1. Vander Veer J Jr. Feuds. (Book review). JAMA 2001;286:723–4.
  2. Firlik AD. Essays. (Book review). JAMA 2001;286:726.

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