RT Journal A1 Strauch GO T1 GEorge w. stephenson, md, facs (1902-1998) JF Archives of Surgery JO Archives of Surgery YR 1999 FD June 1 VO 134 IS 6 SP 678 OP 679 DO 10.1001/archsurg.134.6.678 UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.134.6.678 AB This sequence, occurring late in the morning of most days, was not exactly a ritual, but it happened, whenever nothing else got in the way, for a decade.