Guyton & Hall

I was just sitting there, pleasantly perusing my physiology textbook when I chanced upon the title page to read that... Arthur C. Guyton, one of the authors of Textbook of Medical Physiology is deceased. For some reason, this makes me very sad.

J

edit:// Upon looking up Guyton, I find this man amazing and an inspiration.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Guyton

To paraphrase for those to lazy to peruse, he was paralysed in nearly half of his body due to polio in his last year of residency and so had to forego his dreams of being a physician. But he never gave up and soon went on to be one of the most celebrated physiologists, had 10 children (despite being paralysed in his left leg... I mean... no mean feat, my good man. Well done), all of whom became celebrated physicians.