title: The changing pattern of pathology in black South Africans.
abstract: This article is part of a Festschrift honouring Professor H Koornhof on his 80th birthday. My colleague and friend of over 40 years, a truly great man. An internationally recognised microbiologist, accorded great honours. A humanitarian, acutely sensitive to any suggestion of discrimination. I remember at one of the meetings of Heads of Departments which the then Director, Professor J Metz, regularly used to call, Hendrik enquired as to why white employees receive white payslips and black employees yellow payslips. This typified his caring and sensitivity. Hendrik, I consider it a privilege to have been your colleague for many years. I salute you.
authors.affiliation: University of the Witwatersrand Medical School, Johannesburg, South Africa. charlesi@worldonline.co.za
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Isaacson
mesh_terms: D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019190:Iron Overload / Q000453:epidemiology; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013019:South Africa / Q000453:epidemiology