Dr. Daniel Bernstein, early backer of fluoridation, activist

Voice faint from cancer treatment, Dr. Daniel S. Bernstein lay in a bed in Brigham and Women's Hospital, where he had treated the ailing and the infirm for so many decades. He had wanted to practice medicine his whole life, and with his hours of consciousness waning a final task remained, so he dictated one last letter to his patients. (Full article: 1146 words)

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