My first meeting with Dr. DePalma was in 1957 as an intern in his office on the 6 floor of the Curtis Clinic. He and I spoke for a while about the residency and he looked at me and said, ‘‘You know you are going to be 33 years old before you make a plug nickel.’’ I replied, ‘‘Well, I don’t make any money now, so what is the difference?’’ He laughed and I got the residency. In the next two years...

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