Canadian surgery and the Canadian Journal of Surgery--decades of change.

Dr. Robert M. Janes, first Chairman of the Editorial Board, in his opening comments in the new Canadian Journal of Surgery (CJS) (vol. 1, no. 1 [Fig. 1], opined that “the establishment of a Canadian journal should not be regarded as further evidence of nationalism but as the assumption in yet another field of the obligations that attend our ever increasing size and responsibility.” 1 He was aware that contributions to the journal would come largely from the surgical departments of Canadian universities and hoped the journal might serve to stimulate such but also hoped for stimulation among those in surgery, not in universities, to provoke opportunities for long-term follow-up, observation and contributions