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Edward J. Fine, MD; Luke R. Scalcione

Arch Neurol. 1998;55:1143-1144.

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Panzer divisions of the Nazi German Reich invaded Europe in blitzkrieg attacks. British forces, assisting beleaguered French armies, narrowly escaped capture by a heroic retreat from Dunkirk, France. War suspended awarding all Nobel Prizes and organizing international congresses in occupied countries. In the United States, isolationists attempted to keep the country out of World War II; a beguiling tranquillity lulled America until Japanese air forces attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.¹ Neurology was there.

The 1940 meeting of the American Neurological Association convened in the bucolic ambiance of the Westchester Country Club in Rye, NY. Foster Kennedy,² then president of the association, urged his colleagues to "support Freedom" and make "a new world . . . believing in our power for reason and for . . . virtue." H. Houston Merritt and Tracy J. Putnam³ presented data to demonstrate that compounds with . . . [Full Text of this Article]

From the Neurology Service, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and the Department of Neurology, State University of New York at Buffalo (Dr Fine), and New York University, New York (Mr Scalcione).