The first Doctor's Day observance was March 30, 1933 in Winder, Georgia. Eudora Brown Almond, wife of Dr. Charles B. Almond, decided to set aside a day to honor physicians. This first observance included the mailing greeting cards and placing flowers on graves of deceased doctors. The red carnation is commonly used as the symbolic flower for National Doctor's Day.
Doctor's Day marks the date that Crawford W. Long, M.D., of Jefferson, GA, administered the first ether anesthetic for surgery on March 30, 1842. On that day, Dr. Long administered ether anesthesia to a patient and then operated to remove a tumor from the man’s neck. Later, the patient would swear that he felt nothing during the surgery and wasn’t aware the surgery was over until he awoke.
On March 30, 1958, a Resolution commemorating Doctor's Day was adopted by the United States House of Representatives. In 1990, legislation was introduced in the House and Senate to establish a national Doctors Day. Following overwhelming approval by the United States Senate and the House of Representatives, on October 30, 1990, President George Bush signed S.J. RES. #366 (which became Public Law 101-473) designating March 30 as "National Doctor's Day."
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Celebrate Doctor's Day on March 30
Chevalier Jackson, MD a laryngologist, pediatrician, inventor and designer saved thousands of children in the late 1800 and early 1900’s by removing objects that they had swallowed from their esophagi, traheae and lungs. Some 2,000 of the items he retrieved and catalogued are on display at Philadelphia's Mütter Museum.
As we approach Doctor’s Day, this is a timely article to share. As MSPs, each day we are truly honored to work with the most intelligent and respected men and women in our nation, who like Dr. Jackson, make significant contributions to the advance of medicine.
Join me in showing your appreciation for our medical staffs this week as we celebrate Doctor’s Day on Wednesday, March 30, 2011.
Read more about Dr. Chevalier Jackson here:
http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2011/03/21/prsa0321.htm
Source: amednews.com
As we approach Doctor’s Day, this is a timely article to share. As MSPs, each day we are truly honored to work with the most intelligent and respected men and women in our nation, who like Dr. Jackson, make significant contributions to the advance of medicine.
Join me in showing your appreciation for our medical staffs this week as we celebrate Doctor’s Day on Wednesday, March 30, 2011.
Read more about Dr. Chevalier Jackson here:
http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2011/03/21/prsa0321.htm
Source: amednews.com
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