Leila Denmark dies at 114; pediatrician practiced until she was 103
Thursday, April 5, 2012 - 00:30
in Health & Medicine
Denmark was the world's fourth-oldest person when she died. She did pioneering research on whooping cough, which killed many babies, during a 1932 epidemic and helped develop a successful vaccine.Dr. Leila Daughtry Denmark, a Georgia pediatrician who was the country's oldest known practicing physician when she retired at 103, died Sunday at her daughter's home in Athens, Ga., her family announced. She was 114.