Wet The Table! John M. King

Preface /10
Precious Photos
∙John King’s First Time to Slaughter a Cow at Age 13 / 13
∙John King’s Time as a U.S. Army Paratrooper /14
∙John King and Wife Marie at Their Wedding /16
First Meeting with John King
∙ Interview with Marie King, Apr. 8. 2017: by Nam-Yong Park /23
Time to Say Goodbye: John King’s Final Moments
∙ Interview with Marie King, Apr. 8. 2017: by Nam-Yong Park /25
A Letter from John M. King: His Short Biography and More /28
John McCain King – Autobiography /35
Recalling 10 Years at Hillside(1935-1945): John M. King /47
In Memoriam for John King(1927-2016): Bruce H. Williams, JPC, Chairman of Davis-Thompson Foundation /50
More Photos from John King’s Life and Practice /55
Interviews
∙Legends of Veterinary Pathology Interview with Donald Meuten.Jul. 16. 1996 /88
∙Oral History Interview with Jennifer Paustenbaugh at Oklahoma University. Oct. 31. 2008 /166
∙Interviews with Nam-Yong Park at Kendal Ithaca, Nov. 9. 2014 /189
John King’s Black Box Lecture Refer to Davis-Thompson Homepage’s Portal /203
Supporting Letters for Harold W. Casey Teaching Award for John M. King 1997 /204
Admirative Letter for John M. King: John Edwards, Texas A/M University /257
Veterinary Pathology Catechism by John M. King
∙Question /260
∙Answer /268
Cornell Webpage Dr. John M. King’s Necropsy Show & Tell /277
John King’s Collection of Antique Veterinary Instruments /279
Special Issue of C.L. Davis Newsletter, June 2016 Bruce H. Williams /281
Books Written by John M. King /302
∙The Necropsy Book, Fifth Edition /315
∙An Atlas of General Pathology Vol.Ⅰand Ⅱby JM. King and RCT Lee /317
∙Fifty Years at the Necropsy Table(1955-2005) /325
∙Have Knife – Will Travel /341
John M. King’s Penmanship /344
Distribution of Most Pneumonias: John. M. King /347
Odds and Ends /351
Interesting Anecdotes from Talking with John King Nam-Yong Park /361
Index /365

First meeting with John King: Interview with Marie King,
April 8. 2017: by Nam-Yong Park
Park Mrs. Marie, it is the 1st anniversary of John’s death. I remember being so shocked after reading your email about his death. It greatly saddens me that I was 1 week late to the news, as in South Korea, we seldom use Facebook and use Kakaotalk instead. Thus, it took me a while to check my Facebook account and read your message. I am very saddened to have broken my promise to attend his funeral.
Let me have the story of your first meeting and final moment with John King, please
Marie Say about how to get there. Take well the story, we were like, Oh what I wanted to wanna say, We were with the ladies, from Young Women’s Christian Association that was YWCA. 
And then We were down with the young men who came back from the war or they were leaving from the war so we were there to just feed them coffee and donuts and talk or else the music was playing and they with wanna dance.  The first word John ever said to me was ‘Dance ma’am?’ That’s how we met. So that’s good. And we were married for 68 years long time. 
Park Approximate 70years ago. Exactly 68 years
Park What was the most valuable treasure in your home? These medals?
Marie That’s right. So…, and these are all his medals. All of these things on it (Indirect) are medals that he got from all kinds of organizations that gave him recognition and someway
Park Good, Thank you
Time to Say Goodbye: John King’s, Final Moment:
Interview with Marie King,
Apr. 8. 2017: by Nam-Yong Park
Park I remember, on 8th November of 2014, a year and half before his decease, John and I went to visit the place where John King would be buried and the tomb of his mentor Professor Peter Olafson. Then, John showed me the tree which he planted to honor him and asked me, “Can you do the same for me when my time comes?” So I replied, “Of course. But, I said that it would make more sense to do it jointly with your old disciples.”
Park Marie? May I have the story of the moment at death bed of John’s?
Marie That, um, a month, uh, before he died, he had a stent put in one of his coronary vessels because they thought maybe it would help him breathe better. Now, John, wasn't having trouble breathing, but he let him do it. And from that pool, the pole to be. Okay. So that was like a month before. Yes. And he put this, they put the stent in and, and then he came home from the hospital and he began to change.
He was doing very strange things. He would go out in the middle of the night and he would go, yes. And, and I really never knew where. But he would go out and then come back and, and I would try to say, there is no one, you know, out there, why are you going? And he would say, I'll find somebody. And when he would come back, he would go to bed next day in the evening, his same thing.
He took, he would take the scooter and he would drive around. So I had to. Put the police on his tail because I was afraid something would happen to him. But he came home one night after being gone for about four hours. Middle of the night. Yes. And he came in and he said he was very tired and he was going to bed.
He slept the whole next day. And the whole night that was like 24 hours straight. And when he woke up, he wasn't himself, he was not feeling good at all. So I sent him to the hospital and the hospital told me that I should stay at the hospital because they thought he was too sick to be left alone. So I stayed to that at the hospital.
Oh, maybe a day. And I asked them to bring him here to Kendall, put him in our health department and let me take care of him. And they did. And two weeks it took about two weeks later that he just went downhill a little bit every day. They. They gave him more faint. If he had great pain, I don't know why he pain, but he seemed to have it.
They made me in his chest. I'm not sure, but, um, it was worse every day and, and he just got to where he wasn't eating at all and he didn't know, and he wasn't speaking anymore. So I was, but I was there every day, almost all day long. Until the day he died and I was right there when he died and it was very peaceful.
He was not in any pain and there was no movement or anything that would make you feel like he's having pain. He just stopped breathing. So I say it was very peaceful.
Park Peaceful. Yes, that's right. It's wonderful. So it was, it was the way to go. So at that time he's a pacemaker heart. There's no problem moving.
Marie No, no problem. The thing is. When the last two weeks, you couldn't tell where he was having pain, but in the hospital, all of the nurses and doctors knew that he was here, maybe sometimes having a nightmare in the light, something that she would move on the beat the night or.
You know, in the daytime, he just, he just wouldn't would not be, you'd been feeling well. And then they gave him morphine to keep him quiet and to help him if he was having. And it was, it was, I want to say that it was peaceful and I'm grateful. Yeah. Yeah. Good.
Park Certainly, death is a sad, but as loyal husband John will be preparing for you in the heaven, after 10 years more. Thank you.