Dialysis Fistulas - Overview. 1  Hemodialysis fistulas are surgically created communications between the native artery and vein in an extremity. 2  Many patients who are not candidates for renal transplantation or those for whom a compatible donor cannot be secured are dependent on hemodialysis for their lifetime.
According to Maxwell House lore, President Theodore Roosevelt was visiting Andrew Jackson at Jacksonâs estate, The Hermitage, on October 21, 1907. During this visit, he was served Maxwell House coffee, and he reportedly said that it was âgood to the last drop.â Owners Leon T. Cheek and John Neal heard President Rooseveltâs bold statement, and they adopted it as their corporate slogan. Itâs a nice story, but itâs one that has never been historically proven.
Thatâs not the best slogan for selling coffee, however. At some point, probably during the 1930s, a legend was born that the president termed Maxwell House Coffee âgood to the last drop.â Times have changed: The Maxwell House Hotel burned down on Christmas night in 1961, and Maxwell House coffee, now owned by Kraft Foods, ceased being Americaâs best-selling coffee in the late 1980s. But the âGood to the last dropâ ad campaign endures. 5. Marlboro, the Marlboro man (1955)