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As medical students—and as human beings—we were horrified when the Supreme Court of the United States overturned Roe v. Wade.

During my fourth year of medicine (68 years ago) my small clinical group was led to the bedside of a man recently admitted with the diagnosis of syphilis. “Remember this visit!” said our clinical instructor, “you will probably never see another patient with syphilis in your future practice.” Indeed, I have not. 

June 2022 is ALS Awareness Month in British Columbia. This post is part 4 of a 4-part series about ALS.

In 1929 in my native Hungary, just about all children were born at home. I came into the world at my parent’s home, around 5 o’clock in the morning. To my mother’s relief, her labor was relatively short. She was assisted by a midwife and my two grandmothers. I don’t remember ever hearing where my father was during all that fuss, but knowing that he was a very practical man, he was probably boiling water. As it happened, my great uncle, an obstetrician, was out on a call in a neighboring village, so he missed my birth. Midwife and all, my birth was like a close family affair. 

June 2022 is ALS Awareness Month in British Columbia. This post is part 3 of a 4-part series about ALS.