This book focuses on the legacy of James Edgar Paullin, MD, and the leaders in medicine he mentored, especially Henry Clifford Sauls and William Carter Smith. Both men, like Paullin, were dedicated to the Emory University School of Medicine and taught at a time when the young institution depended on volunteers from the community. Like Paullin, both men also were deeply involved in the growth and development of Piedmont Hospital. Their loyalty to one institution strengthened their loyalty to the other.
Such a book is necessary, even though Paullin’s medical contributions, including his care of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, have been well documented in the national medical literature. Here at home, as Atlanta has grown into a nationally recognized center for health care and medical education, Paullin’s contributions and those of the people he mentored take on even more significance with the passing of time, and his influence still resonates, albeit almost silently, in the physicians and institutions of today.
