At age 78, Dr. David Watson still has a thriving practice and sees dozens of patients each day. He has been practicing medicine in Yoakum, Texas for 50 years.

Recently Watson received the “Country Doctor of the Year” award. This award honors a primary care physician who best exemplifies the spirit of rural practitioners. The award is given out by Staff Care (a physician staffing service) and it hopes that in so doing it will attract more young doctors to family practice.

I can’t help but wonder how his practice has changed over the years and what the popular prescriptions have been over the years. Something like weight loss pills now, I’m sure…but what must it have been like 50 years ago?