C. Everett Koop
C. Everett Koop
Charles Everett Koop, MDwas an American pediatric surgeon and public health administrator. He was a vice admiral in the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, and served as the 13th Surgeon General of the United States under President Ronald Reagan from 1982 to 1989. According to the Associated Press, "Koop was the only surgeon general to become a household name."...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPublic Servant
Date of Birth14 October 1916
CountryUnited States of America
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snakes danger poisoning
You can't talk of the dangers of snake poisoning and not mention snakes.
jobs order two
There are many stressed single parents who may be working two jobs in order to keep the family together.
government hypocrisy height
At a time when we are pleading with foreign governments to stop the export of cocaine, it is the height of hypocrisy for the United States to export tobacco.
kids class circles
If you have a kid who goes to kindergarten and doesn't know what a circle is, doesn't know what red and green are, and doesn't know what right and left are, by the time he learns those things, the rest of the class is far ahead of him.
behavior ends well-being
The right of smokers to smoke ends where their behavior affects the health and well-being of others.
war years people
By the year 2025, 500 million people will die of smoking. Now, that's a Vietnam War every day for 27 years. That's the Titanic sinking every 27 minutes for 27 years.
knowledge prescriptions
The best prescription is knowledge.
country children practice
All of the western world raises its children uncircumcised and it seems logical that, with the extent of health knowledge in those countries, such a practice must be safe.
people archives way
The Carnegie Foundation is well aware of the fact that their reports frequently find their way to dusty archives in academic institutions, but occasionally people pick up a segment of a report and act upon it.
long choices vegan-food
Your choice of diet can influence your long term health prospects more than any other action you might take.
cigarette-smoke smoking our-society
Cigarette smoking is clearly identified as the chief, preventable cause of death in our society.
prayer miracle heaven
When a faith-healer commands God to perform a miracle, in the absence of a prayer that says, 'Thy will be done,' it is, as far as I am concerned, the most rank form of arrogance . . . The faith-healer Bosworth once said that faith makes God act. If you follow that line of reasoning God is in His heaven, but Bosworth rules the world!
people smoking funeral
A thousand people will stop smoking today. Their funerals will be held sometime in the next three or four days.
christian mother years
In thirty-five years of medicine I have never seen one case where abortion was necessary to save a mother's life.