Annals of Internal Medicine: The First 50 Years

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Special Article1 July 1977Annals of Internal Medicine: The First 50 YearsEDWARD J. HUTH, M.D., F.A.C.P., KATHLEEN C. VAN STEENBURGHEDWARD J. HUTH, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, KATHLEEN C. VAN STEENBURGHSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-87-1-103 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptInternal medicine is a specialty with a secure and major place in American medicine. In the 1920s that was not the case. Primary care of adults was dominated by the general practitioner. Surgery was the dominant specialty in hospitals. Indeed, in 1920 so uncertain were internists of where they stood in all of clinical medicine that Dr. Reynold Webb Wilcox, first President of the American College of Physicians, felt the need to define internal medicine in his address to the American Congress on Internal Medicine (1).. . . What then is the domain of internal medicine? Shall we define...References1. WILCOX R: The field of internal medicine. Ann Med 1:5-12, 1920 Google Scholar2. STERN H and CORNWALL E (eds.): Transactions of the American Congress on Internal Medicine. First Scientific Session, New York City. December 28-29, 1916. New York, Burr Printing House, 1917 Google Scholar3. BYRNE J and CORNWALL E (eds.): Transactions of the American Congress on Internal Medicine. Second Scientific Session, Pittsburgh, Pa., December 27-28, 1917. New York Burr Printing House, 1918 Google Scholar4. Minutes of the Board of Regents of the American College of Physicians. Book II, p. 10 Google Scholar5. Minutes of the Board of Regents of the American College of Physicians. Book II, pp. 61-63. Google Scholar6. MORGAN W: The American College of Physicians. Its First Quarter Century. Philadelphia, American College of Physicians, 1940, p. 151 Google Scholar7. EDITORIAL: Aldred Scott Warthin. Ann Intern Med 4:1608-1611, 1931 Google Scholar8. WARTHIN A: Editorial. Ann Clin Med 3:100-101, 1924 Google Scholar9. FRENCH A: Dr. Carl Vernon Weller. Ann Intern Med 47:xxxv-xxxvii, 1957 Google Scholar10. EDITORIAL: The comparative cost of medical journals. Ann Intern Med 6:449-450, 1932 LinkGoogle Scholar11. PINCOFFS M: Editorial. Ann Intern Med 6:1115-1116, 1933 Google Scholar12. SINGEWALD M: Paul Wiswall Clough, M.A.C.P. The Bulletin of the American College of Physicians 11 (July):396, 1970 Google Scholar13. CLOUGH P: The relation of cigarette smoking to bronchogenic carcinoma. Ann Intern Med 46:187-196, 1957 LinkGoogle Scholar14. HEMPELMANN L, LISCO H, and HOFFMAN J: The acute radiation syndrome: a study of nine cases and a review of the problem. Ann Intern Med 36:279-510, 1952 LinkGoogle Scholar15. PIERSOL G: Gateway of Honor. Philadelphia, American College of Physicians, 1962, p. 563 Google Scholar16. Minutes of the Board of Regents of the American College of Physicians. Book XX, pp. 3275-3278 Google Scholar17. ELKINTON J: A new editor. Ann Intern Med 53:1089-1090, 1960 LinkGoogle Scholar18. The changing mores of biomedical research. A colloquium on ethical dilemmas from medical advances. Ann Intern Med 67 (suppl 7):3-83, 1967 Google Scholar19. Minutes of the Board of Regents of the American College of Physicians. Book IV, pp. 507-508 Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: EDWARD J. HUTH, M.D., F.A.C.P.; KATHLEEN C. VAN STEENBURGHAffiliations: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania▸From the Editorial Office, Annals of Internal Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byAnnals for the Ages: Annals of Internal Medicine Turns 90George D. Lundberg, MDAnnals of Internal Medicine at Age 75: Reflections on the Past 25 YearsEdward J. Huth, MD and Kathleen Case, MSA TransitionRobert H. Fletcher, MD, Suzanne W. Fletcher, MDThe American College of Physicians: The First 75 YearsBernice R. Lemley, MEdThe Literature of American Internal Medicine: A Historical ViewW. BRUCE FYE, M.A., M.D.Origin of the term internal medicineCorrections in Manuscript Requirements Document 1 July 1977Volume 87, Issue 1Page: 103-110KeywordsSurgery ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 July 1977 PDF downloadLoading ...