Summary
It's both a memoir of Whiting's varied life and a history of medicine. $4 office visits "I probably wouldn't have been in medicine if I hadn't been hitchhiking one day," Whiting began, explaining what prompted his choice of careers. In the course of his 40-plus years practicing medicine in Hardin, Whiting delivered roughly 2,500 babies, including preemies at a time when even Billings had no neonatal care unit. Whiting notes key strides in the medical field - the polio vaccine, the discovery of insulin and pharmaceutical treatments for depression - and wonders what the future holds.
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Medical Pioneers
HARDIN - When the famed heart surgeon Dr. Michael DeBakey died in Houston last month, his death was noted around the world. In Hardin, retired Dr. Robert Whiting marked DeBakey's passing with personal memories of the renowned medical pioneer.
Whiting, whose family practice served the people of Hardin from 1961 until just a few years ago, trained under DeBakey as a medical student a...See the full content of this document
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