There may be a lot dangerous information reported lately that it was refreshing to examine a real hero within the Oct. 5 Morning Sentinel (“U.S. Mint more likely to put Lewiston’s Bernard Lown on a greenback coin in 2024“).
Bernard Lown, M.D., got here to america at 14 and unable to talk English and is now being awarded with a commemorative greenback coin in his honor.
Three years after arriving within the U.S., Lown was enrolled within the honors program on the College of Maine. Later, he graduated as a heart specialist from Johns Hopkins Medical College. In 1962, he invented the direct-current defibrillator, saving 1000’s of lives. As a heart specialist, he knew he was financially set and gave his invention to humanity totally free. He cared extra for folks than revenue.
He additionally developed the drug lidocaine, used to regulate heartbeat fluctuations. As late as 1985, he shared a Nobel Prize for creating a bunch referred to as “Worldwide Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear Battle.”
Bernard Lown devoted his complete life to make the world a greater place for everybody. To serve humanity was the one reward he sought. This world might positive use many extra true heroes like him.
Peter P. Sirois
Madison
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