{"id":70,"date":"2010-03-04T14:38:30","date_gmt":"2010-03-04T14:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/inspirationreport\/2010\/03\/baby-doctor-dr-wg-curly-watson-celebrates-his-100th-birthday.html"},"modified":"2010-03-04T14:38:30","modified_gmt":"2010-03-04T14:38:30","slug":"baby-doctor-dr-wg-curly-watson-celebrates-his-100th-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/inspirationreport\/2010\/03\/baby-doctor-dr-wg-curly-watson-celebrates-his-100th-birthday.html","title":{"rendered":"Oldest Working Physician Dr. W.G. &#8220;Curly&#8221; Watson turns 100 Years Old"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify\"><font size=\"3\"><font color=\"#000000\"><font face=\"Calibri\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\"><strong>By Rev. Victor Fuhrman<\/strong><\/span><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify\"><font size=\"3\"><font color=\"#000000\"><font face=\"Calibri\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">Many of us aspire to live to a ripe old age and look forward to the &#8220;Golden Years&#8221; of retirement.&nbsp; After living for a full century and delivering more than 15,000 babies, Dr. W.G. &#8220;Curly&#8221; Watson won&#8217;t stop! Celebrating his 100th birthday on February 25th, the Augusta, Georgia OB-GYN physician is the oldest practicing MD in the United States. <\/span><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p>Watson received his bachelor&#8217;s degree in 1932 but could not afford medical school.&nbsp; He worked on a farm for the next seven years at a wage of about fifty cents a day and finally saved up enough to enroll in the Medical College of Georgia in 1939. He became a resident there in 1947 and has been practicing ever since.<\/span><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify\"><font size=\"3\"><font color=\"#000000\"><font face=\"Calibri\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">He doesn&#8217;t deliver babies anymore but still sees patients daily at the women&#8217;s center named in his honor.&nbsp; Having welcomed into the world more people than populate many U.S. towns, Watson mused, &#8220;I don&#8217;t go anywhere that I don&#8217;t see a patient of mine!&#8221;<\/span><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify\"><font size=\"3\"><font color=\"#000000\"><font face=\"Calibri\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">Happy Birthday Dr. Watson!&nbsp; <\/span><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p>See this inspiring video!<object width=\"640\" height=\"385\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/OiX3cgZAquM&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/OiX3cgZAquM&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"640\" height=\"385\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Rev. 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