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IBB EAST 74T¤:• STREET
NEWYORK 2l,N.Y.
June 2, 1948
Dr. Fred Rankin   ` P
271 West Short St.
s Lexington, Kentucky
A · ·Dear "General:"
S We missed you at the meeting of the American
Surgical Association in Quebec. .It was a most successful
meeting and the pleasantest feature, as far as your many
close friends are concerned, was the fact that they had t
the good sense to elect you President of the Association.
Please accept my very sincere congratulations. _
You will have to make a rule that Henry Gave can no longer
write you sassy letters. _
I do hope that we will have the pleasure of
seeing you long before the St. Louis meeting.
. Sincerely yours,
g Howard A. Patterson,M .D. E
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