Aaron was a young black man suffering from invariably fatal SBE heart disease when on October 16th 1940 he received the world's first antibiotic needle from Dr Martin Henry Dawson at NY's famous Columbia Presbyterian hospital.
He received some more penicillin the next few days and again beginning New year's Eve 1941 but died Jan 25th 1941.
His fellow patient in this historical event, a young Jewish man, Charles Aronson, was still alive the last time his doctor checked, which was in November 1945....
Forget honouring Dr Dawson - he won't want it.
But in 2015, 75 years after this historical event, shouldn't the US Post Office issuing a stamp honouring these two very brave pioneers of the age of antibiotics ?
He received some more penicillin the next few days and again beginning New year's Eve 1941 but died Jan 25th 1941.
His fellow patient in this historical event, a young Jewish man, Charles Aronson, was still alive the last time his doctor checked, which was in November 1945....
Forget honouring Dr Dawson - he won't want it.
But in 2015, 75 years after this historical event, shouldn't the US Post Office issuing a stamp honouring these two very brave pioneers of the age of antibiotics ?
No comments:
Post a Comment