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CaliforniaPeggy

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2. I remember this.

Reply to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)

Sat Aug 8, 2015, 10:52 AM

Aug 2015

I did not remember her name; thank you for reminding me, and all of us.

She singlehandedly kept pregnant women in this country away from this drug and its terrible side effects.

Thank you, Dr.Kelsey.

May she RIP.

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Dr.Frances Oldham Kelsey has passed. You should remember her name. [View all] Are_grits_groceries Aug 2015 OP

Public service HassleCat Aug 2015 #1

I remember this. CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2015 #2

I remember the pictures Are_grits_groceries Aug 2015 #5

Here are the pictures... Playinghardball Aug 2015 #12

... shenmue Aug 2015 #3

Before I was born ... so I am particularly grateful! etherealtruth Aug 2015 #4

What a wonderful woman! RIP Dr. Kelsey. MoonRiver Aug 2015 #6

A very good friend of ours was a victim of thalidomide malaise Aug 2015 #7

Glad he was able to have a fruitful life. Are_grits_groceries Aug 2015 #10

He's still alive malaise Aug 2015 #13

requiescat in pace niyad Aug 2015 #8

K&R, Great post! smirkymonkey Aug 2015 #9

There is a PBS series "Call the Midwife" TNNurse Aug 2015 #11

^^^. Those were terrible days. She did something about them. Eleanors38 Aug 2015 #14