Henry N. Claman - A Retrospective

摘要

Thank you for the invitation to write this scientific memoir. It will concentrate on my professional life. It may be interesting to find out how people happen to do what they do. In my case, I came from a very medical family and never considered another career. It looked like a satisfying life for my grandfather, father, and mother - why not for me? After medical school at New York University, I headed into internal medicine at Barnes Hospital (Washington University) and Massachusetts General. My plans were to practice general internal medicine. First, however, it was time to give two years to the U.S. Army, courtesy of The Berry Plan. I was requested (i.e., ordered) to start an allergy clinic after only ten half-days of "training." (What I didn't tell the commanding officer at Ft. Meade or you, either, was that Mother was a prominent practicing allergist in NYC, trained by Robert A. Cooke. She was pleased [and I wasn't] at this unexpected turn in the road.)