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Original communication| Volume 72, ISSUE 5, P804-811, November 1972

William S. Halsted and private practice: A re-examination

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      Abstract

      The oft-repeated claim that William S. Halsted was the classic example of a salaried full-time clinician must be viewed in the light of his early years in Baltimore with his private practice and his strong support for geographic full-time. It was only later, primarily under the influence of Franklin P. Mall, that he accepted the straight full-time concept.
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