▁Card i ology : ▁Special ization ▁in ▁the ▁Tw enti eth ▁Century . ▁ ▁History ▁of ▁medicine ▁F ye ’ s ▁interest ▁in ▁medical ▁history ▁developed ▁out ▁of ▁his ▁efforts ▁in ▁collect ing ▁books , ▁which ▁began ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 1 . ▁By ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁de cade ▁he ▁had ▁begun ▁to ▁focus ▁on ▁acqu iring ▁old ▁medical ▁books . ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 3 , ▁during ▁his ▁medical ▁training ▁in ▁New ▁York ▁City , ▁he ▁launched ▁a ▁mail ▁order ▁book ▁business , ▁W . ▁Bruce ▁F ye ▁Anti qu arian ▁Medical ▁Books . ▁He ▁coordin ated ▁a ▁lun che on ▁sym pos ium ▁on ▁collect ing ▁medical ▁books ▁at ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 7 ▁meeting ▁of ▁the ▁American ▁Association ▁for ▁the ▁History ▁of ▁Medicine ▁and ▁published ▁his ▁first ▁article ▁on ▁the ▁subject ▁two ▁years ▁later . ▁ ▁His ▁particular ▁interests ▁in ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁medicine ▁have ▁included ▁ 1 9 th ▁century ▁professional ization ▁of ▁phys i ology , ▁the ▁American ▁medical ▁education ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁and ▁ 2 0 th ▁centuries , ▁and ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁card i ology , ▁special ization , ▁and ▁the ▁May o ▁C lin ic . ▁▁ ▁He ▁was ▁the ▁found ing ▁director ▁of ▁the ▁May o ▁C lin ic ' s ▁W . ▁Bruce ▁F ye ▁Center ▁for ▁the ▁History ▁of ▁Medicine , ▁named ▁by ▁the ▁May o ▁C lin ic ▁in ▁his ▁honour ▁as ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁his ▁phil anth ropy . ▁ ▁In ▁addition ▁to