title: Why a historical approach has clinical benefits: John Hinchman Stokes and George Miller MacKee.
abstract: John Hinchman Stokes studied syphilis intensely, and George Miller MacKee studied and wrote texts on x-ray and radium therapy for skin diseases. This review will encapsulate their lives and note the effect that the demise of their fields of interest had on them.
authors.affiliation: Oceanside, CA 92054, USA. charlessteffen@cox.net
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Steffen
mesh_terms: D003880:Dermatology / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D011871:Radiology / Q000266:history; D013587:Syphilis / Q000266:history; D014481:United States