1. Editorial

   • C.R.P.

   EditorialNotes Pages: 177 - 178

2. The role of the hospital in the evolution of elite cultures of medicine

   • Kathleen Marie Dixon

   OriginalPaper Pages: 179 - 201

3. The osteopathic distinction: Fact or fancy?

   • John F. Peppin

   OriginalPaper Pages: 203 - 222

4. The metamorphosis: The nature of chronic illness and its challenge to medicine

   • S. Kay Toombs

   OriginalPaper Pages: 223 - 230

5. Elijah's wish

   • Joseph M. Geskey

   OriginalPaper Pages: 231 - 233

6. Poem

   • John Graham-Pole

   OriginalPaper Pages: 235 - 236

7. Book reviews

   • Joanna Rogers
   • Richard Gelwick
   • Charles R. Perakis

   BookReview Pages: 237 - 241