shot, has since been perfected by PavIov and his schoo1. The data accumulated by Beaumont have since been expanded into a large and growing body of knowIedge. That his contribution shouId at Iast be popuIarIy recognized and the drama of his story known to miIIions is a belated tribute. The artistic merits of Mr. Cornwell’s painting must be Ieft for others to discuss.
MARCH,,939
We have from the artist himself the assurante that he spent many months in research in order to portray the characters and the IocaIe of the experiment with accuracy and fidelity. As a resuIt, the historian wiII appreciate his work, and miIIions of Americans wiI1 find in it an interesting iIIumination of a phase of American history thus far IittIe studied. T. S. W.
GEORGE WILKINS SWIFT
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T is with regret that we announce the sudden death on December 18, 1938 of George WiIkins Swift of Seattle, nationaIIy known surgeon and member of the EditoriaI Board of The American JournaI of Surgery. Dr. Swift since his graduation from Northwestern University MedicaI SchooI in Igo7 has risen far in the neurosurgical field. He was a feIIow and member of the board of governors of the American CoIIege of Surgeons, a past president of the Panthe Pacific Pacific SurgicaI Association,
Northwest Medical Association and the PubIic HeaIth League of Washington. His many contributions to this and other journaIs have estabIished his reputation as an authority on neurosurgery. OnIy two weeks before his death, his Iast articIe was published in the December number of The American JournaI of Surgery. To his reIatives we, in the name of The American JournaI of Surgery, offer our deepest expression of sympathy. T. S. W.
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