Once, when Jeffrey I. Ehrlich was about 7, a septuagenarian with the memorable name Pearl Maine took him fishing.
The man turned out to be a grateful patient of Ehrlich’s father, a general surgeon. The doctor had saved the man’s leg after other surgeons had told him it would need to be amputated due to a circulatory condition. That day left an impression.
“I just wanted to practice me... (continued)