Today is National Doctors Day! “* The first Doctors Day
observance was March 30, 1933, in Winder, Ga. The idea came from
Eudora Brown Almond, wife of Dr. Cha Almond, and the date was
the anniversary of the first use of general anesthetic in
surgery. (On March 30, 1842, Dr. Crawford Long of Barrow County,
Ga., used ether to remove a tumor from a patient’s neck.) * The
Barrow County Medical Society Auxiliary proclaimed the day
“Doctors Day,” which was celebrated by mailing cards to
physicians and their wives, and placing flowers on the graves of
deceased doctors, including Dr. Long. * The United States House
of Representatives adopted a resolution commemorating Doctors
Day on March 30, 1958. In 1990, legislation was introduced into
the United States House of Representatives and United States
Senate to establish a National Doctors Day. Following
overwhelming approval by the House and Senate, then-President
George Bush signed a resolution designating March 30 as National
Doctors Day. The first National Doctors Da