title: An editorial anecdote.
abstract: The quality and the influence of South African medical literature during the first half of this century owes a great deal to two outstanding medical editors: Drs William Darley-Hartley and C. L. Leipoldt who, in a curious fashion, were closely related in this field of medical endeavour although their origins were so very different.
mesh_terms: D049673:History, 20th Century; D008131:London; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000266:history*; D013019:South Africa