In Memoriam: J. Russell Elkinton, MD, MACP, FRCP(L); 1910–2002; Editor, Annals of Internal Medicine, 1960–1971
Authors: Edward J. Huth
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2002)

Perspectives1 October 2002In Memoriam: J. Russell Elkinton, MD, MACP, FRCP(L); 1910–2002; Editor, Annals of Internal Medicine, 1960–1971Edward J. Huth, MD, Editor EmeritusEdward J. Huth, MD, Editor EmeritusSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-137-7-200210010-00013 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail Who enters medical school planning to become an editor of a medical journal? No one I have known. Certainly not Joseph Russell Elkinton, the fourth editor of this journal, Annals of Internal Medicine(1-5).In 1959, Dr. Pincoffs, the then Editor of Annals, approaching age 70, decided to retire. The American College of Physicians had to appoint a new editor. Who should it be, and where? The College's headquarters were in Philadelphia, the city of its founding, but the operation of Annals had been split: Dr. Pincoffs' editorial office was in Baltimore and the journal's business management was in Philadelphia. The ...References1. Wilbur DL. The new Editor, Assistant Editor, and Editorial Board [Editorial]. Ann Intern Med. 1961;54:831-4. LinkGoogle Scholar2. . World Who's Who in Science: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Scientists from Antiquity to the Present. Chicago: Marquis-Who's Who; 1968:518. Google Scholar3. Fulton MN. J. Russell Elkinton, M.D., M.A.C.P.: a tribute. Ann Intern Med. 1971;75:125-8. [PMID: 4933292] LinkGoogle Scholar4. Huth EJ. J.R. Elkinton and the editorial road. Ann Intern Med. 1971;75:128-30. [PMID: 4933293] LinkGoogle Scholar5. . American Men and Women of Science: A Biographical Directory of Today's Leaders in Physical, Biological and Related Sciences. 1998-99, 20th ed. Volume 2, C-F. New Providence, NJ: R.R. Bowker; 1998:1065. Google Scholar6. Adams A. The Elkinton Family in England and America, Being the Ancestry and Descendants of George Elkinton of Burlington County, New Jersey. Hartford, CT: [privately published]; 1946. Consulted in the library of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, by call number Fa 929.2 E437a 1945. Google Scholar7. Elkinton DC. Family Footprints. Volume 4: The Lives, Ancestry, and Descendants of Joseph Scotton Elkinton and Malinda Patterson Elkinton. Kennett Square, PA: KNA Pr; 1992:172. Google Scholar8. Peters JP, Van Slyke DD. Quantitative Clinical Chemistry. Baltimore, MD: Williams & Wilkins; 1931. Google Scholar9. . Neilson EG, eds. Renal Grand Rounds from the Beginning: A History of Nephrology at Penn. Paoli, PA: The Serpentine Pr; 1998:24. Google Scholar10. Elkinton JR, Danowski TS. The Body Fluids: Basic Physiology and Practical Therapeutics. Baltimore, MD: Williams & Wilkins; 1955. Google Scholar11. Elkinton JR. Moral problems in the use of borrowed organs, artificial and transplanted. Ann Intern Med. 1964;60:309-13. LinkGoogle Scholar12. Elkinton JR. Medicine and the quality of life. Ann Intern Med. 1966;64:711-4. [PMID: 5324639] LinkGoogle Scholar13. Elkinton JR. The experimental use of human beings. Ann Intern Med. 1966;65:371-3. LinkGoogle Scholar14. Elkinton JR. Life and death and the physician. Ann Intern Med. 1967;67:669. [PMID: 6042652] LinkGoogle Scholar15. Elkinton JR. Abortion and the doctor. Ann Intern Med. 1967;67:1111-3. [PMID: 6050816] LinkGoogle Scholar16. Elkinton JR. When do we let the patient die? Ann Intern Med. 1968;68:695-700. [PMID: 4171212] LinkGoogle Scholar17. Elkinton JR. Chemical and biological weaponry and warfare. Ann Intern Med. 1969;71:204-8. [PMID: 5791094] LinkGoogle Scholar18. Elkinton JR. Science and the predicament of man. Ann Intern Med. 1970;72:432-4. [PMID: 5415425] LinkGoogle Scholar19. . Neilson EG, eds. Renal Grand Rounds from the Beginning: A History of Nephrology at Penn. Paoli, PA: The Serpentine Pr; 1998:51-69. Google Scholar20. Clark RA, Elkinton JR. The Quaker Heritage in Medicine. Pacific Grove, CA: Boxwood Pr; 1978. Google Scholar21. Elkinton JR, Graham JR. Forty-five years of migraine—observations and reflections “from the inside” by a physician–patient. Cephalalgia. 1985;5:185-95. [PMID: 4084975] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: Edward J. Huth, MD, Editor EmeritusAffiliations: Current Author Address: Edward J. Huth, MD, American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine, 190 N. Independence Mall West, Philadelphia, PA 19106; e-mail, [email protected]com. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 October 2002Volume 137, Issue 7Page: 613-614KeywordsAcademic medicineBody fluidsMigraineNephrologyPeer reviewPotassiumRenal physiologyResearch reporting guidelinesSub-specialty careUndergraduates ePublished: 1 October 2002 Issue Published: 1 October 2002 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2002 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...