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Arthur J. Viseltear and The Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine

This issue of The Yale Journal ofBiology and Medicine honors Arthur Viseltear, not merely for his contributions to Yale University School of Medicine and to medical education, but especially for his important role as a member of the editorial board of the Joumal from 1976 to 1990. The paramount mission of this publication is to teach students, and Art was an outstanding teacher. His breadth of knowledge, covering the history of science and medicine, medical politics, the economics of medical care, and the evolution of plans to distribute medical services in the United States and other countries provided a superb background for evaluating many of the subjects addressed by our authors. Largely because of his influence, the Journal published papers concerned with an extended scope of topics important for our time, but often passed over by authors dedicated chiefly to the technical and clinical aspects of medical science. As a member of our editorial board, Arthur helped our student editors (and, we hope, our readers) to see medicine in a humanistic and historical relationship to society that they might have missed without his guidance. During discussions of manuscripts by the editorial board, Arthur was always the person who went beyond the declared perimeter of the paper to discuss its wider, subtle implications. He voiced the unexpected point of view, the iconoclastic attitude that forced us all to think of our mission in broad terms. Yet his comments and questions were always phrased in a tolerant, good-humored way that encouraged discussion and avoided dissension. Arthur Viseltear was a valued, honored member of our team, and we mourn his passing.