Trained at the Mayo Clinic, decorated for his pioneering use of penicillin, widely respected and nationally known, Dr. Edward E. Rosenbaum had risen to the apex of his profession. But in 1985, following a simple biopsy, the most stirring and startling phase of his medical education began when he was diagnosed with cancer. As a physician, Dr. Rosenbaum had long enjoyed all the benefits of medicine; as a patient, he suffered all its indignities. ~ back cover of The Doctor