Author: Stephen Kurt WestmanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Surgeons
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
A Surgeon's Story
Author: Stephen Kurt WestmanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Surgeons
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
A Surgeon's Lifetime
Author: David WatkinPublisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1805147005
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
‘See one, do one, teach one’ was the basis of David Watkin’s training as a surgeon in the 1960s. By the time he became a consultant, he had ample experience but had received little supervision. He was determined to improve the experience for his juniors. Later, this led to chairmanship of the national committee responsible for training in general surgery. Not from a medical family and with no experience of serious illness or hospital, David had only decided to study medicine when in the sixth form. After training in Bristol, Leicester, Derby and Sheffield he was appointed a consultant in Leicester. He was then invited to be inaugural clinical sub-dean, in charge of setting up clinical teaching in the new Medical School. Comprising ‘guts, glands and arteries’, David relished the broad scope of general surgery, including emergencies. But surgery and the NHS were changing, with technological advances and surgical innovations. When general surgery evolved into specialties, he became a coloproctologist by day, though still a generalist at night. A member of the council of the Association of Surgeons, he was closely involved in these changes. Finally, he was elected president of the Association for 2000-1.
The Story of Our Regiment
Author: Joseph Wendel MufflyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pennsylvania
Languages : en
Pages : 1312
Book Description
A Surgeon and a Maverick
Author: Simon PearsonPublisher: American University in Cairo Press
ISBN: 1649032935
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 447
Book Description
“[A] remarkable journey.”—The Telegraph The incredible life story of legendary cardiac surgeon and scientist Magdi Yacoub, an outsider who succeeded against the odds Veteran journalists Simon Pearson and Fiona Gorman follow the remarkable life of heart surgeon Magdi Yacoub from his formative years in Egypt, through spectacular success at Cairo University, to his long and distinguished career in Britain. Although at times he clashed with the medical establishment in London, Yacoub pioneered great advances in heart surgery. He was knighted in 1992, and in 2014, he was awarded the highest honor in the gift of the Queen, the Order of Merit. Written with unprecedented access and drawing on extensive interviews and research, the biography recounts how Yacoub transformed the treatment of children with congenital heart disease. He performed some of the first heart transplants in Britain and the first heart-lung transplants in Europe. At London’s Harefield Hospital, he created the greatest heart transplant center in the world. Among his patients are men and women who are still thriving more than thirty-five years after he gave them new hope. This story is also about science, the development of new medical techniques, and a deeper understanding of how the human body works. Today, at an age when most people have long since retired, Yacoub is still pushing the boundaries of scientific understanding and surgical know-how. He is also taking heart surgery to places that until now have had little access to cardiac treatment, developing centers of excellence across Africa, including in Egypt, where his hospital in Aswan has an international reputation, and a new center is rising in Cairo. Yacoub’s life is one of triumph and tragedy, success and failure, fierce criticism and high praise—it is also an enthralling journey through the worlds of scientific research and medical politics and ethics at the highest levels.
The Wondrous Story of Anesthesia
Author: Edmond I Eger IIPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1461484413
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 930
Book Description
Edited and written by an international "who's who" of more than 100 authors, including anesthesiologists, nurse anesthetists, bench scientists, a surgeon, and representatives of industry, this text provides a comprehensive history of anesthesia, unique in its focus on the people and events that shaped the specialty around the world, particularly during the past 70 years when anesthesia emerged from empiricism and developed into a science-based practice.
'The Supreme Triumph of the Surgeon's Art': A Narrative History of Endocrine Surgery
Author: Martha A. ZeigerPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0983463980
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Endocrine surgery - the subspecialty of general surgery involving diseases of the thyroid, parathyroid, and adrenal glands as well as the endocrine pancreas - is a rapidly growing field of medicine that has a rich and fascinating history. As recently as the mid-19th Century, surgery for thyroid goiter was described as "horrid butchery" and believed by many to be too dangerous for any surgeon to attempt. Through the ingenuity and tireless efforts of surgeons in Europe and the U.S., thyroidectomy became a safe and even elegant operation, one that renowned Johns Hopkins surgeon William Halsted would describe in 1926 as representing "the supreme triumph of the surgeon's art." In this unique and captivating book, these and other seminal stories from the history of endocrine surgery are vividly retold by the current leaders in the field.
A History of Surgery
Author: Harold EllisPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781841101811
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
A history of key advances in surgery including primitive techniques. Includes a facsinating glimpse into the future of surgery.
The Story of a Surgeon
Author: Sir John Bland-SuttonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Surgeons
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
A Surgeon's Lessons, Learned and Lost
Author: John Raffensperger, MDPublisher: Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency
ISBN: 1949483800
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
John Raffensperger, MD, describes how doctors in the mid-20th century learned medicine in the autopsy room, the laboratory, and at bedside, training to become well-rounded general physicians. Since then, many doctors have specialized during medical school, depending on X-rays and blood tests, rather than listening and “laying on of hands.” Medicine became a de-personalized business, subject to greedy insurance executives and hospital administrators. “A compelling and candid account of how surgeons learn and refine their skills. John Raffensperger shares successes and failures, advances in medicine and surgery, the faults in today’s system, what we might learn from health care systems in other countries, and the pitfalls of hospital politics.” – Di Saggau, Island Sun newspaper, Santiva/Captiva Florida “A candid narrative of more than forty years in practice and teaching of a pioneering pediatric surgeon, infused with historical perspective of medical education and medical practice … Dr. Raffensperger has done it all over those years, developing new procedures, teaching medical students and residents at the bedside, serving as surgeon-in-chief at a leading center for pediatric surgery, the Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago, and authoring books … His concern for patients’ welfare shines through the book as he calls for fundamental reforms based on a single payer national health insurance.” – John Geyman, MD, Professor Emeritus of Family Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle “In the field of contemporary health care, it is generally acknowledged that Dr. John Raffensperger is one of the most eminent pediatric surgeons of our day… We are now lucky to see him produce a memoir … the portrayal of a life devoted to the care of sick children.” – F. Gonzalez-Crussi, MD, Emeritus Professor of Pathology, Northwestern University, Chicago
A Surgeon's Odyssey
Author: Jonathan Murray M.D.Publisher: Balboa Press
ISBN: 1982238453
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
Medicine is a jealous mistress. To practice successfully a life commitment is necessary, but not to the extent of becoming stale and boring. This book describes the author’s roller coaster approach to avoid this which resulted in a fulfilling but contentious career.
