Two Who Remember That First Issue

Perhaps a bit personal, but I have to say that Dr Bob Haggerty and the following authors, Dr Larry Nazarian and Dr Dave Tayloe, all greatly influenced my life. I was a fourth-year medical student when the very first issue of Pediatrics in Review was published, and I remember reading it just before starting pediatric infectious disease rounds on the hospital ward. Little did I know at the time that Drs Haggerty and Nazarian would serve as academic mentors with warmth and friendship. Even better, Dr Tayloe would help me be a good pediatrician and father; he was my firstborn’s first pediatrician.

—JZ

When I was a resident, a common practice was to create a reprint collection. If a particular article was clear and interesting, and if it focused on situations I was likely to encounter in the years to come, I would obtain a reprint and file it in a collection of folders grouped and identified as addressing a particular organ or disease.

A common way to obtain a specific article was to send a postcard to the author requesting that a reprint be mailed to me. Later, when I became an author, I realized that authors traditionally assumed the responsibility of mailing the reprints (which often could be bought from the journal at the time of publication) and paying any costs involved. This system has disappeared with the arrival of duplicating machines and computers.

As the physician moved from one place to another, the reprint file came along, at some point requiring a filing cabinet to accommodate the folders stuffed into the cabinet. But there were problems in this system, including …