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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:451-452
© 2006 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Editorial

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery diamond jubilee—A reflection

Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Mo.

Received for publication May 15, 2006; accepted for publication May 22, 2006.

^_* Address for reprints: Thomas B. Ferguson, MD, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, Suite 3108 Queeny Tower, Barnes Hospital Plaza, St Louis, MO 63110 (Email: ats@wustl.edu).

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When Andy first asked me to put these thoughts on paper, I immediately retrieved a document I have in my possession: volume 1, number 1 of The Journal of Thoracic Surgery (JTS), given to me by Dr Evarts Graham himself—a double treasure. Published in October 1931, it has a simple tan cover imprinted with the journal name and those of the Editor and Associate Editor, Evarts A. Graham and Duff S. Allen, both of St Louis, Mo, and the Editorial Advisory Board, consisting of John Alexander (Ann Arbor, Mich), Edward Archibald (Montreal, Quebec, Canada), Leo Eloesser (San Francisco, Calif), Carl Hedblom (Chicago, Ill), Howard Lilienthal (New York, NY), and Rudolph Matas (New Orleans, La)—all heavy hitters of the period. The cover proudly states that JTS is the official organ for the American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS), already in existence since 1917. That JTS did not appear for 14 years was because from 1922 to 1931 the meeting papers of the Association were published yearly in a special supplement of the Archives of Surgery. The October 1931 inaugural issue says that JTS will appear bimonthly and contain about 600 pages per volume.

All surgeons know that a careful look at an issue of a surgical journal gives an accurate snapshot of what is going on in the field at that time, and the first issue of JTS is no exception. After a forward by the Editor, there are 6 original communications, 20 pages . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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