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ARNOLD M. KATZ, M.D.

AMA Arch Intern Med. 1959;104(4):653-657.

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Beside a fountain's sacred brink we raised Our verdant altars, and the victims blazed: 'Twas where the plane-tree spread its shades around, The altars heaved; and from the crumbling ground A mighty dragon shot, of dire portent; From Jove himself the dreadful sign was sent. Straight to the tree his sanguine spires he roll'd And curled around

The altars heaved ; and from the crumbling ground A mighty dragon shot, of dire portent; From Jove himself the dreadful sign was sent. Straight to the tree his sanguine spires he roll'd And curled around in many a winding fold. . . .

Iliad ii¹

The small Greek island of Cos bears some of the most remarkable links between Hippocrates and the modern world. In addition to the ruins of a great temple of Aesculapius, there stands an ancient plane tree under whose shade Hippocrates may have sat and taught his students. . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Bethesda, Md.

Research Associate, Laboratory of Cellular Physiology and Metabolism, National Heart Institute; now Assistant Resident in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Mass.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication May 26, 1959.

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