The Pathologist's Swan Song: "Pathology, Why Do I Love Thee? Allow me to count the ways...

Abstract

Having retired from the active practice of pathology after 50-plus years, I thought I should share my career experience. The word post-mortem slips in habitually, but the word is inept to express the feeling of joie de vivre (joy of living) I uninterruptedly experienced during my wakeful period of more than half a century.