Medicine in Milford

Memories and Myths

by Robert Kerin, MD


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Book Details

Language : English
Publication Date : 07/10/2004

Format : Softcover
Dimensions : 6x9
Page Count : 148
ISBN : 9781418472900

About the Book

The general topic of medicine is subject to change, almost without notice.  New medications and new procedures are commonplace.  Medicine in Milford portrays a trip on the time train from the 1950s into the third millennium, on that subject.  It provides a genealogical glimpse of the medical family constituting the engine of medical care in the Milford Hospital, and in the community, of Milford Connecticut.

The medical staff is divided into general practitioners and specialists.  More detail is devoted to those on staff in the earlier period.  A common meeting place for the medical staff at the hospital was the doctor’s dressing room, in the book called the Rendezvous Room.  Street clothes were exchanged here for operating togs, opinions aired and issues discussed.  The book details some of the discussions and describes many of those who served so well, all wrapped in a bit of nostalgia. 


About the Author

The author was Milford’s first in residence orthopedic surgeon, who lives with his wife in the same dwelling that she found while house hunting in Milford in the 1950s.  Prior to establishing a practice he held teaching positions at Western Reserve Medical School and at the Yale School of Medicine.  He is certified by the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery, a member of the Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, and a fellow of the American College of Surgeons.

Dr. Kerin is the author of articles that have been published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, The Journal of Hand Surgery, The American Journal of Surgery, Bulletin of American College of Surgeons, Connecticut Medicine, and Medical Economics.

His comments have appeared in Time Magazine, Yale Medicine and Cardinal Call, a Wesleyan University Publication.