by Ann Beach | Jul 25, 2026 | Medicine
With Covid in the rear-view mirror, I put my Covid immunization card and an N-95 mask in my memory box, for children and grandchildren to see one day. What do you associate with Covid? What do you think people will think of 100 years in the future when they read about...
by Ann Beach | Jun 11, 2026 | Medicine
Ludwig van Beethoven, the unparalleled musical genius, died in 1827 at the age of 57. We all remember he was deaf. What a bitter disability for a composer. It is hard to imagine he composed his famous 9th Symphony (including the monumental Ode to Joy) after he lost...
by Ann Beach | May 21, 2026 | Uncategorized
Fishermen used to chop up starfish, trying to get rid of them. Little did they know, if you cut a starfish into bits, any piece that retains part of the central hub will regrow into a whole new starfish! Lizards and amphibians can drop their tail if they need to...
by Ann Beach | May 1, 2026 | Medicine
Last time, when I wrote about Wilbur Wright’s dental problems, I happened upon information so unexpected and interesting that I knew I had to tell you about it! Waterloo Teeth! First, we need to talk a bit about cavities and the history of dentistry. Cavities have...
by Ann Beach | Mar 12, 2026 | Medicine
It was the winter of 1919, and Teddy Roosevelt was a sick man. Always vigorous, active, and unstoppable, he was uncharacteristically ill. He’d been plagued by “inflammatory rheumatism” for the last 2 ½ months. First, he developed acute swelling and pain of both...
