SECOND SERIES JANUARY-FEBRUARY 1993 BULLETIN OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE CONTENTS The Bulletin—A New Focus, A New Look DE ME ok bv co ees a ee oad oe ees we Overview of Sclerostomy Sr) MUNA ng sg as oe ors' t'd bbe wade See hae Urgent Issues in Public Health Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D. Urology at Kings County Hospital, Brooklyn. A 25-year Experience, 1958-1983 Te I ET was ois ce bee es eee cece shee een 23 Surgical Management of Carcinoma of the Esophagus James C. Harvey, M.D., and Edward J. Beattie, M.D. Advances in Functional Restoration Elizabeth Yew M.D. Benzene, Artificial Leather, and Aplastic Anemia: Newark, 1916-1928 Pe TIED... cw cee ee esaauvebubenmeeee e 47 On Entering Medicine Re I 2d eo ok On eee ee eee 61 Patterns of Alcohol Use and Abuse Among Aging Civil War Veterans, 1865-1920 W. Andrew Achenbaum, Ph.D., Joel D. Howell, M.D., Ph.D., and Major Michael Parkey, D.S.W. Book Review Saul Jarcho: A Plain Treatise on the Peruvian Bark Reviewed by William D. Sharpe, M.D.