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Toxicological Sciences 53, 1 (2000)
Copyright © 2000 by the Society of Toxicology

Editorial

Profiles in Toxicology

Curtis D. Klaassen, Editor and Hanspeter Witschi, Forum Associate Editor

With this issue of Toxicological Sciences we wish to introduce a new feature: "Profiles in Toxicology." The "profiles" are short essays that describe the accomplishments of distinguished toxicologists who helped shape and define our profession. They also will provide information on important developments and discoveries that had a profound influence on the science of toxicology, events that often pointed our discipline into a new direction or opened new horizons. Appropriately, the very first profile gives an account of the life and times of Paracelsus, by most of us considered to be the father of toxicology. Future profiles will describe the accomplishments of some our past presidents (Harold Hodge, Sheldon Murphy) and of other toxicologists who enriched the science of toxicology (Mary Amdur, Kenneth Dubois, Fritz Haber, Norton Nelson, W. N. Aldridge). Interspersed will be short essays on the discovery of cytochrome P450 and induction of mixed function oxidases. An essay on how the American Board of Toxicology came to be will offer a glimpse of an important chapter in the history of the Society of Toxicology.

The Society of Toxicology has reached maturity. Many of us still remember the early days, and many more had the privilege of having been associated at one time or another with toxicologists who helped to define our scientific discipline. In 1986 SOT published a historical account of its first 25 years; a write-up of the newer history is in the working. However, there is still so much information and memories, often of a personal nature, which would deserve to be communicated to all of us. We were fortunate to involve several members of our society in the preparation of these "profiles." We hope that many more might come forward and contribute similar accounts of events related to the history of our society. Anybody who would like to prepare such a profile, for the benefit of all of us, should contact the editors. We would be most grateful.


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