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Today marks the end of an era: publication of the final philatelic vignette (authors.elsevier.com/a/1g-uM5qq8Xpp3) co-authored by Robert Kyle @MayoClinic. Bob turned 95 this year and decided to step down from helping prepare these. He published his first vignette @JAMA_current back in 1969!/1 
This longstanding series focused on medical & scientific-themed postage stamps began in 1961. At the 109th Annual Meeting of @AmerMedicalAssn in the then-new convention center in Miami Beach, Florida in June 1960, John Mirt (1897-1968) discussed “Medical Pathfinders on Stamps”./2
At the time, Mr. Mirt – a devoted Freemason - worked in press relations for the AMA in Chicago. After the meeting, he was asked by then-editor of @JAMA_current John Talbott (1902-1990) to start composing short articles about physicians & scientists featured on postage stamps./3
