Notes on Contributors

Edward C. Halperin, M.D., F.A.C.R., is the author of Pediatric Radiation Oncology (first edition, 1989; second edition, 1994; third edition, 1999), and he is presently working on Principles and Practice of Radiation Oncology, fourth edition. He is the L. R. Prosnitz Professor and Chairman of the Department of Radiation Oncology and Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Box 3085, Durham NC 27710.E-mail: halperin@radonc.duke.edu.

Richard J. Kahn is a general internist practicing at Penobscot Bay Medical Center with clinical teaching positions at the University of Vermont College of Medicine and Dartmouth Medical School. His major research interest in late 18th and early 19th Century medicine led to his article "The Medical Repository–The First U.S. Medical Journal (1797—1824)" in 1997. Works in progress include a paper on Noah Webster’s "A Brief History of Epidemic and Pestilential Diseases" and eventual publication of an annotated transcription of Jeremiah Barker’s early 19th century manuscript, "Diseases of the District of Maine . . . 1735—1820." Correspondence should be addressed to 4 Glen Cove Drive #104, Rockport, Maine 04856.E-mail: rkahn@midcoast.com.

Robert Martensen serves as professor and chair of the Department of History & Philosophy of Medicine at the University of Kansas School of Medicine, where he also directs the Clendening Library of History of Medicine. His address is 3901 Rainbow Blvd, Kansas City, KS 66160—7311. E-mail: rmartens@kumc.edu.

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