![]() ![]() A book for "obsolete children," it tells the story (circa 1986) of one moderately aged patient's experience going through a physical at the Golden Years Clinic. ![]() It was, in fact, one of his few books for adults, called You're Only Old Once. Seuss did write one sort of medical tome. "Ted Geisel lived out the Dartmouth ethos of thinking differently and creatively to illuminate the world's challenges and the opportunities for understanding and surmounting them."Īlthough he had no medical training, Dr. ![]() ![]() "Naming our school of medicine in honor of Audrey and Ted Geisel is a tribute to two individuals whose work continues to change the world for the better," says Dartmouth President Jim Yong Kim. In return, this week the New Hampshire college officially renamed its medical school "The Audrey and Theodor Geisel School of Medicine" in honor of the author and his second wife, a nurse, who is the 90-year-old curator of her late husband's works. Seuss - whose real name was Theodor Geisel (Dartmouth Class of 1925) - liked to share his wealth with his alma mater, where he edited the humor magazine, the Jack-O-Lantern, until he was caught drinking gin. Seuss fans are grateful for his cute pictures and great rhymes, but Dartmouth College is also grateful for his donations.ĭr. ![]()
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