Various comments received for this :
- by JV1970
- He
sounds much like a doctor in my hometown who practiced and made house
calls until he was well into his nineties and died in 1970 at the age of
96. He came to my hometown about 1904 before we even had paved streets
in our town. Our main street was a dirt road and when it rained it was a
mud road with mud nearly knee deep. He travelled all over our county
going to places where there sometimes wasn't even a road yet. He
travelled by horse and buggy if he could but if there wasn't a road he
went by horseback or walked. He went whenever he was needed or called.
Many, many times he was called out in the middle of the night and didn't
get home until daylight the next morning but he always went when he was
called. It didn't matter if it was in the middle of the night or
freezing cold or rain. He would get up out of bed and go when he was
needed. During the course of his over sixty years of practice he
delivered several thousand babies, set countless broken bones, sewed up
countless cuts, and cured many thousands of cases of mumps, measles,
chicken pox, pneumonia, flu, and countless other maladies that the
people in my area had. He was a great man and dear friend of my family
and it was great loss to my town and my area and to all of us when he
died.
- by formrusmcsgt
- And some 20 year-olds you can't get off the couch.....
- by fsupport
- Of
course Dr. Watson has been required to maintain his credentials. On his
most recent time taking the boards, he inquired and was told he missed
only one question. When he challenged, the testing committee had to
reverse their grading on that question.
- by tchuoshin
- In
29 years I shall be 100 years old. I hope to be as physically active as
Dr. Watson. But I would like to read more about his personal life: His
diet, exercise routine, what kind of stress did he cope with, hobbies,
etc.
- by DucoNihilum
- "In
recent years, Dr. Watson has delegated most of his duties to other
doctors, which is good, because I followed him around the hospital for
an hour and never saw him directing much of anything. "
How
totally unprofessional. Mentioning yourself in an article is the height
of narcissism. I would expect this from Steven Colbert, not CBS.
Not to mention that this is kind of comes across as mean spirited.
A question lead too?
How did this get by edited copy?
- by sclrheum
- Dr. Watson is our son-in-law's grandfather. He's an amazing man, still has all his marbles.
- by tsigili
- Personally,
I admire his ability to do that, but I would certainly get a second
opinion, before doing anything risky in my own health care.
As
someone a lot younger than he is, but about to retire, I know how much
My own body is telling me that the time to retire has come, and I cannot
believe his isn't.
- by cktirumalai
- Three
generations of babies in a single family and an entire basketball team
all delivered by Dr. Walter Watson: remarkable accomplishments. And his
directness and candor, as in telling his wife before marriage that she
would come third in his life behind God and his patients. And remarkable
too that she knew what he meant and took it in the right spirit.
- by shazbat34
- Good for him. Retirement is for sissies!
- by longtree-
- seems
odd. so many people are forced to retire at a certain age but
apparently not doctors. not all people are useless because they reach a
set arbitrary retirement age and should be allowed to continue to work
if they so desire, just like this good doctor.
- by bankersvox
- WHAT
an inspiration, and a great dedicated MD. (to the writer and his snide
remark - you never saw him direct anything ?- after all this time he has
everything under control. And, with his WISDOM I am sure that he has
seen every array of problems, what a great resourse ! he must be for the
younger MDs, say in their 70s ! :)
- by rwsmith29456
- Good for him and he looks great!
- by Quantrill13
- What a great doctor, and what a great man.
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