Eugene A. Stead Jr. A life of chasing what I did not understand
My Story
The End of a Chapter
Postscripts from Stead's World
My Photos
Mostly My Thoughts
Thoughts from housestaff and friends
Thoughts from Others
For the Curious

From the housestaff - one side of the story ...

 Contributors:
 
 Al Attyah     Downey, CA caal@attbi.com
 Bob Klein Rochester, NY rcfklein@earthlink.net
 Myron Liptzin Chapel Hill, NC mblip@mindspring.com
 James Myers Encintas, CA docmyers@dnamail.com
 Barbara Newborg Durham, NC bnewborg@ne.rr.com
 S. DuBose Ravenel High Point, NC   Dbravenel@aol.com
 William Sutton Naples, FL wsutton@swfla.rr.com
 Carl Voyles Anna Maria, FL carvoy@aol.com
 Barry Tharp Davis, CA stonetharp@sbcglobal,net
 Walter Kempner Durham, NC
 Peritz Scheinberg Miami, FL
 W.W. (Putt) Pryor Greenville, SC
 David L. Smith, Jackson, MS  idelvis@bellsouth.net
 Stephen Rostand Birmingham, AL
 Galen Wagner Durham, NC wagne004@mc.duke.edu
 J. Edwin Clement Greenville, NC clementje@earthlink.net
 Alan Ory Alamo, CA alanory@msn.com
 Eldora Terrell High Point, NC
 Frederick Cobb Durham, NC cobb0003@mc.duke.edu
 Andrew Wallace Hillsborough, NC andrew.g.wallace@dartmouth.edu
 John Laszlo               Atlanta, GA   jlaszlo@comcast.net
 Herb Kaplan Denver, CO bkaplan@rm.incc.net
 David Dunn Milwaukee, WI
 Emile Gebel Shelby, NC shagreennursery@aol.com
 Arthur Finn Chapel Hill, NC afinn@med.unc.edu
 Earl Metz Worthington, OH
 John Hugh Malone Concord, NC hmalone@IOCnet.net
 
 Edited by Carl Voyles carvoy@aol.com
 
 Contents:
 Prologue - Carl Voyles
 Sunday School at Duke Hospital - Bob Klein
 Just Say For Me --- Bose Ravenel
 Narcolepsy - Bose Ravelel
 Al Attyah Says - Carol Attyah
 Yawners and Non-Yawners - Barbara Newborg
 Anatomical Snuffbox - Barbara Newborg
 Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis - Barbara Newborg
 Will Someone Show Dr. Voyles - Carl Voyles
 Have You Ever Seen a Football Game? - Carl Voyles
 We'll Play Again Tomorrow - Carl Voyles
 Elderly Gentleman with End-stage Lung Disease - Barry Tharp
 Ice in the Men's Room - Barry Tharp
 One Way Ticket to Pittsburgh --  Barry Tharp
 All-Nighter on Osler - Barry Tharp
 Does the Red Cell Breathe? - William Sutton
 What This Patient Needs - Myron Liptzin
 I Knew Gene Stead - Peritz Scheinberg
 Dr. Stead's Intern - Putt Pryor
 High Arches - Putt Pryor
 I'll Eat My Hat - Putt Pryor
 My Mother Taught Me To Be Neat - Putt Pryor
 Nickel Bet - Putt Pryor
 A Great Experience - Putt Pryor
 You Look Handsome Like the Devil - Walter Kempner
 A Big Bunch of Hooey - Walter Kempner
 We Will Determine Everything, But Not the Cholesterol - Walter Kempner
 Editor's Note, Subject: "Cholesterol" - Carl Voyles
 Why Is Everyone So much Against Me? - Walter Kempner
 We Are Better Off Without That! - Walter Kempner
 Retirement - Walter Kempner
 Stead Stories, There Are So Many! - David L. Smith
 Accurate Recording of Inaccurate Data - David L. Smith
 Inflammation of the Bellows - David L. Smith
 What This Patient Needs - David L. Smith
 House Call - David L. Smith
 The World Belongs to Those Who Work a Little Harder - David L. Smith
 Some Things I Remember - David L. Smith
 What This Patient Needs Is An "Old Time" Doctor - Stephen Rostand
 Composite Drawing of the Optic Fundi - Stephen Rostand
 Have You Examined This Patient? - Stephen Rostand
 Bumps on the Jugular - Stephen Rostand
 Cerebral Edema - Stephen Rostand
 Solution to a Problem - Stephen Rostand
 Wage Negotiations - Stephen Rostand
 How's Gene Stead? - Stephen Rostand
 We All Change With Time - Stephen Rostand
 Who Was Smarter? - Stephen Rostand
 The Chief of the Chief - Galen Wagner
 When Bruni Came Our Way -- Galen Wagner
 Ladd's Gifts - Galen Wagner
 A Tale of Nott Ward - J. Edwin Clement
 Have You Been Up All Night? - Alan Ory
 Marriage In the Duke Chapel - Alan Ory
 Bess and EAS at Work (Photo)
 Bess and EAS  - Galen Wagner
 I Have Another Pair Like These - Frank Bone
 Down the Hall with a Full Bed Pan - Eldora Terrell
 Another Recollection - Eldora Terrell
 The Boy from Mississippi - Frederick Cobb
 It Turned Out To Be a Gallstone - Andrew Wallace
 We Sat In Silence - Andrew Wallace
 A Chief Resident's Synopsis - Andrew Wallace
 Biography of Dr. Stead - John Laszlo
 Morning Report Begins Promptly at Eight - John Laszlo
 What This Patient Needs Is a "You-Know-What" - Herb Kaplan
 People Who Don't Do What I Say - Herb Kaplan
 Working Too Hard as an Intern - Herb Kaplan
 You Can Tell Them As Much As I Can - Herb Kaplan
 You Can Train a Chimp to Put a Clip on an Aneurysm - David Dunn
 Oh! I Get It! - Emile Gebel
 Not a 168-Hour-a-Week Doc - Emile Gebel
 Dr. Stead Has Mellowed - Emile Gebel
 Your Charge Is To Make This Patient Comfortable - Emile Gebel
 A Screener in the Medical Clinic - Emile Geble
 A Cold, Wintry Sunday - Emile Geble
 Can You Do Serial Sevens? - Arthur Finn
 I Never Again Even Blinked on Rounds - Arthur Finn
 I Knew It Was All Over - Earl Metz
 Either You're a Fool or You Think I Am - Earl Metz
 I Don't Know How You Feel About Father Figures - Earl Metz
 Nobody Cuts On Me Unless Dr. Stead Says So - Earl Metz
 The Watson-Schwartz Test - John Malone
 A Relatively Insensitive Organ - John Malone
 It Was as if He Had Crawled Down Into the Bronchial Tree - John Malone
 Excommunication to the Back Side of the Moon - John Malone
 Oral Exam in Medicine - John Malone
 The Influence of Drs. Stead, Davidson and Harrison - John Malone

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