MAR-12-2001 MON 10:56 AMUniversity of PittsburghSafar Center for Resuscitation Research3434 Fifth AvenuePittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260 USATel: (412) 383-1900Fax: (412) 624-0943Website: http://www.safar.pitt.eduPatrick M. Kochanck, MD, FCCMDirectorkochanekpm@anes.upmc.eduNicholas G. Bircher, MD, FCCMAssociate DirectorCardiopulmonary Arrestbircher@smtp.anes.upmc.edu 3Ernesto A. Fretto, Jr. MDAssociate DirectarDisaster Medicinepretto@smtp.anes.upmc.eduPeter Safar, MD, Dr.h.c., FCCMDistinguished Service Professor(412) 624-6735Cell (412) 973-1828Fax: (412) 624-6736sajarp@.anes.upmc.eduFran MistrickAdministrative Secretarymistrickfh@anes.upmc.eduMarch 12, 2001Karel Absolon, M.D., Ph.D.Kable Publishers11225 Huntover DriveLinda Amick Rockville, MD 20852Tel/tax: 301-468-6463Dear Karel:Congratulations for the Karel Absolon History of Medicine Lectureseries to begin on March rae 2001 in Farmville, North Carolina. Eva and Ican only be in spirit with you because of previous commitments. I have fondhistoric memories of our time together at Yale in 1949/50 and a brief visit atyour Studentenbude in New Haven with my new bride Eva dvtd fall 1950.We appreciate your participation in our Resuscitation Research Centerconference of May 1994. Let us stay in touch. I wish you many honors foryour innovative work in surgery and medicine, not only on history but also intransplantation, coronary, and other types of surgery.Best wishes to you and yours.Your old friend,Peter SafarPS/fmPS: I just received a book in German, of 1898 published then by the musiccritic Hanslick of Vienna, the ideas and philosophies of Billroth aboutmusic and musical talents. I received the book from one of our Pittstudents, going into PhD in music, whom we sponsored a trip toVienna through our Austrian Room scholarship fund at Pitt. I amsure you know the Billroth-Hanslick book( ? )Transforming the Present - Discovering the Future