Abstract
THIS IS not truly a story of the American War of Independence (the Revolutionary War). Rather, it is an account of two brothers Warren, one who died a hero's death early in the war and one who survived to found a surgical dynasty that endures to this day. In keeping with tradition during the year of the Bicentennial, John Singleton Copley's portrait of one of the brothers, Dr Joseph Warren, graces the cover of this issue ofThe Journal. JOSEPH WARREN The Physician When Joseph attended Harvard College with the intention of practicing medicine, he evidently had little thought that he would become an honored patriot of the American War of Independence. He was a member of the third generation of Warrens born in colonial America, and his maternal grandfather had been a physician before him. Joseph's medical education was typical for American physicians of his era, as described vividly
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