I was six years old when my grandfather had his heart attack. Hospitals were not friendly places in 1963, and children were not allowed on the patient floors. I recall dutifully waiting in the hospital lobby with a book while my mother, grandmother and my grandmother’s oldest sister visited my grandfather. Every family has at… Continue Reading The Brass Boat
It was recently reported that 2020 was such a tumultuous year that the editors of the Oxford-English dictionary were unable to determine just one word for their traditional “Word of the Year”. Obscure medical terms like “pandemic” and “coronavirus” are now used every day. Words that were never previously used together are joined to become… Continue Reading Resilience
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention calls community water fluoridation, “One of the 10 great public health achievements of the 20th century”. However, few realize that this remarkable effort had some of its beginnings in Wisconsin thanks to the efforts of former WDA President (1948-1949) Sheboygan city dentist Dr. Almore H. Finke, and the… Continue Reading Thank You, Dr. Finke and Mr. Zufelt
My great-uncle Dr. Russell Evans, a general dentist who graduated from Marquette University School of Dentistry in 1919, died when I was in grade school and I only have a vague recollection of accompanying my mother to visit his office as he was retiring. When I was in college, I was fortunate to have inherited… Continue Reading Finding Dr. Evans