Dr. George L. Spaeth with a carnation given to him by Wills Eye staff on National Doctors' Day, March 30th, 2015. According to a story cited in the Barrow County News by Dr. Pamela Settle Miles, "The holiday was conceived by Eudora Brown Almond, a physician's wife ... the date of March 30th was chosen ... because it was the anniversary of the day that anesthesia was first administered to a patient...." Although the very first Doctors' Day was celebrated in Atlanta in March of 1933, "the holiday was officially signed into U.S. law in 1991 by President George Bush." photo: roger barone/WILLS EYE HOSPITAL CLICK HERE: VIEW VIDEO OF DOCTORS RECEIVING CARNATIONS & BALLOONS:
