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2) Ben Carson
Author
Publisher
Raintree Steck-Vaughn
Pub. Date
c1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A biography of the surgeon who overcame poverty and racism to become chief of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins University Hospital.
Author
Series
Publisher
Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Shares the life story of the pioneering surgeon, including his early life, his career in education, and how he permanently changed the field of medicine.
Author
Series
Historical monograph volume no. 1
Publisher
Arizona Historical Society
Pub. Date
[1973]
Physical Desc
74 p. illus. (part col.) 26 cm.
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jonathan Letterman was an outpost medical officer serving in Indian country in the years before the Civil War, responsible for the care of just hundreds of men. But when he was appointed the chief medical officer for the Army of the Potomac, he revolutionized combat medicine over the course of four major battles-Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg-that produced unprecedented numbers of casualties. He made battlefield survival...
Author
Publisher
Twelve
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
xii, 253 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"SOLVING FOR WHY chronicles one man's journey to find the answer to the biggest of all life's questions: "Why?" Following a traumatic car accident, Dr. Shrime-a child of Lebanese refugees who later became a wealthy practicing surgeon in Boston-found himself compelled to change the course of his life, determined to find happiness and fulfillment even if it meant diverting from America's idea of "success." Featuring stories, insights, and research from...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Acclaimed medical historian Howard Markel traces the careers of two brilliant young doctors—Sigmund Freud, neurologist, and William Halsted, surgeon—showing how their powerful addictions to cocaine shaped their enormous contributions to psychology and medicine. When Freud and Halsted began their experiments with cocaine in the 1880s, neither they, nor their colleagues, had any idea of the drug's potential to dominate and endanger their lives....
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