President's Letter

May, 20, 2009

At our upcoming meeting in Mashantucket, Connecticut, it will be my distinct honor to assume the responsibilities of the Presidency of the American Academy of Developmental Medicine and Dentistry, to serve, and serve with the many friends and colleagues in this organization that I so respect and admire.

Even in its short history the legacy of the AADMD’s presidents has become formidable. First, Dr. Phil May brought us out of the shadows, and then Dr. Sandy Fenton provided the discipline and grooming that helped distinguish us from a rogue band of loose cannons (that’s not to say that the early guerilla days didn’t serve us well).

Sir William Osler, the great guru of both medical practice and medical education in the latter part of the 19th century spent a lot of time pondering fevers. “Humanity has but three great enemies; Fever, famine and war; of these by far the greatest, by far the most terrible, is fever.”