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Abraham B. Bergm[unk]n, MD

Am J Dis Child. 1977;131(6):638-643.

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Though I'm honored to be giving the Armstrong Lecture this year, there are some drawbacks. First, keeping an audience awake at 4:30 in the afternoon after a day of scientific papers should qualify one for the No-Doz award. Second, when one starts being invited to give named lectureships, it could be interpreted as a gentle nudge to the sidelines where prance the venerated heroes of yesteryear. I'd like to think that there are a few seeds of rebellion left in me to sprout, and that like that hero of has-beens, George Blanda, there are a few good kicks left in the old leg. Finally, there's the awful temptation to try to say something profound. I hate the term "lecture" because it implies teaching-preaching, rather than learning. Adding some ancient's name to it makes one feel compelled to issue lofty pronouncements in hushed tones. I'll try hard to "play past" that . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
From the Children's Orthopedic Hospital and Medical Center and the University of Washington, Seattle.

Footnotes
Presented as the tenth annual George Armstrong Lecture before the Ambulatory Pediatric Association, St Louis, April 27, 1976.

Reprint requests to Children's Orthopedic Hospital and Medical Center, PO Box C-5371, Seattle, WA 98105 (Dr Bergman).

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