to the field. He was wrong. "Things are better than they were," he said. "But even now, you know, people at Harvard talk about pla- cebos the way the Popes used to talk about medicine. They declared that Jews were not allowed to treat Christians— not because they were not good doctors but because it woul

g in the crowd turns to the skeptical friend and asks, “Who’s that guy standing next to Kronheim?” Presidents and Prime Ministers come and go. So do Popes. But not Milton Kronheim, who was a fixture of Washington life for more than 60 years. I was privileged to participate in many of their lunches—most