The idea of celebrating the Doctor's Day belongs to Ehodore Elmond - the wife of Dr. Charles Elmond, who decided to pay respect to the work of her husband and all doctors in preserving the health of citizens. The first celebration of Doctor's Day was marked by sending out greeting cards to practicing doctors and laying flowers on the graves of the departed doctors. The symbol of the Doctor's Day in America is the red carnation.
It was on this day that the holiday was celebrated on the occasion of the anniversary of the first application of general anesthesia by the American physician and pharmacist Crawford Long in 1842.
And today this holiday is very popular in the medical and medical community of America, because the national day of the doctor glorifies one of the oldest and most sought-after professions in the world - the profession of a doctor.