The Swan Song of a Pathologist: “Why Do I Love Thee, Pathology? Let Me 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.