Electrical reversion of cardiac arrhythmias.

Abstract

Graybiel in Florida-to name but a few.From Thomas Lewis they obtained above all else a scientific approach to medical experimentation.This displaced the then prevalent and shopworn ideas based on the subjectivity and the intuition of the chosen few.The hallmarks of Thomas Lewis's method of work were the application of precisely controlled and exacting methods, the assiduous gathering of evidence, the rigorous censorship of data, and the recognition of the role of animal ex- periments as a proper domain for inquiry into many complex clinical problems.The yield of his legacy is not a harvest for a single season, and the rich fruit is still being gathered.This very lecture was initi- ated by his student and my teacher, Doctor Samuel A. Levine.Yet there is a more intimate kinship I wish to expose for your consideration: namely, that the