Remembering W.G. “Curly” Watson, M.D.

The Medical Examiner remembers Walter Gamewell Watson, M.D., who died today at age 102. He was the oldest practicing physician in the United States. In January of last year, the Medical Examiner launched a new feature called “20 Questions [plus or minus],” and Dr. Watson was kind enough to agree to be the initial participant. In fact, he chose that …

Proud. And puzzled.

THE MONDAY MESSAGE: In a matter of days, ye olde Augusta Medical Examiner will reach the ripe old age of six. Yeah, ME! It has been so much more enjoyable than I had expected: being the publisher of MCG’s campus newspaper for 16 years previously, I had every article and photograph handed to me on a disk, ranked in order …