Scalpel

Author : Ted Allan,Sydney Gordon
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2009-05-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781770703995

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The Scalpel, the Sword by Ted Allan,Sydney Gordon Pdf

Originally published in the early 1950s, The Scalpel, the Sword celebrates the turbulent career of Dr. Norman Bethune (1890-1939), a brilliant surgeon, campaigner against private medicine, communist, and graphic artist. Bethune belonged to that international contingent of individuals who recognized the threat of fascism in the world and went out courageously to try to defeat it. Born in Gravenhurst, Ontario, Bethune introduced innovative techniques in treating battlefield injuries and pioneered the use of blood transfusions to save lives, which made him a legend first in Spain during the civil war and later in China when he served with the armies of Mao Zedong in their fight against the invading Japanese. He is today remembered amongst the pantheon of Chinese revolutionary heroes. In Canada Bethune’s strong left-wing views made him persona non grata, but this highly readable and engaging account has helped to sustain the memory of a great man.

Author : Allan J. Hamilton, MD, FACS
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2008-03-13
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781440638060

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The Scalpel and the Soul by Allan J. Hamilton, MD, FACS Pdf

A Harvard-educated neurosurgeon reveals his experiences—in and out of the operating room—with apparitions, angels, exorcism, after-death survival, and the miracle of hope. For the millions who have enjoyed Proof of Heaven, Heaven is Real, To Heaven and Back, and Getting to Heaven—an inspiring tale from where the veil between life and death is often at its thinnest. The Scalpel and the Soul explores how premonition, superstition, hope, and faith not only become factors in how patients feel but can change outcomes. It validates the spiritual manifestations physicians see every day and empowers patients to voice their spiritual needs when they seek medical help. Finally, it addresses the mysterious, attractive powers the soul exerts during life-threatening events.

Author : Paul Carson
Publisher : Random House
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2012-03-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781448136353

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Scalpel by Paul Carson Pdf

A killer is stalking the corridors of Dublin's Central Maternity Hospital. A young laboratory assistant is found brutally murdered at her bench. The only clue is a blood-stained scalpel. The police investigation, led by DS Kate Hamilton, is blocked by a wall of silence from hospital staff, desperate to protect their reputations. DS Hamilton suspects the murderer is among them. As she closes in on the killer, she little realises that the hunter has become the hunted. In the same week, the newborn baby of one of Ireland's top industralists is kidnapped, a baby born at the Central Maternity Hospital only days before. Will Hamilton uncover the killer before he gets to his next victim? Will the police find the baby before it's too late? Every patient's nightmare is about to come true.

Author : Samuel W. Bloom
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2002-05-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780190287603

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The Word As Scalpel by Samuel W. Bloom Pdf

"A doctor can damage a patient as much with a misplaced word as with a slip of the scalpel." In this statement, from Lawrence J. Henderson, a famous physician whose name is part of the basic science of medicine, epitomizes the central theme of The Word as Scalpel. If words, the main substance of human relations, are so potent for harm, how equally powerful they can be to help if used with disciplined knowledge and understanding. Nowhere does this simple truth apply more certainly than in the behavior of a physician. Medical Sociology studies the full social context of health and disease, the interpersonal relations, social institutions, and the influence of social factors on the problems of medicine. Throughout its history, medical sociology divides naturally into two parts: the pre-modern, represented by various studies of health and social problems in Europe and the United States until the second World War, and the modern post-war period. The modern period has seen rapid growth and the achievement of the full formal panoply of professionalism. This engaging account documents the development of professional associations, official journals, and programs of financial support, both private and governmental. Written by a distinguished pioneer in medical sociology, The Word as Scalpel is a definitive study of a relatively new, but critically important field.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1933
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015077518101

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Scalpel by Anonim Pdf

Author : Ira Rutkow
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2023-02-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781501163753

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Empire of the Scalpel by Ira Rutkow Pdf

From an eminent surgeon and historian comes the “by turns fascinating and ghastly” (The New York Times Book Review, Editors’ Choice) story of surgery’s development—from the Stone Age to the present day—blending meticulous medical research with vivid storytelling. There are not many life events that can be as simultaneously frightening and hopeful as a surgical operation. In America, tens-of-millions of major surgical procedures are performed annually, yet few of us consider the magnitude of these figures because we have such inherent confidence in surgeons. And, despite passionate debates about health care and the media’s endless fascination with surgery, most of us have no idea how the first surgeons came to be because the story of surgery has never been fully told. Now, Empire of the Scalpel elegantly reveals surgery’s fascinating evolution from its early roots in ancient Egypt to its refinement in Europe and rise to scientific dominance in the United States. From the 16th-century saga of Andreas Vesalius and his crusade to accurately describe human anatomy while appeasing the conservative clergy who clamored for his burning at the stake, to the hard-to-believe story of late-19th century surgeons’ apathy to Joseph Lister’s innovation of antisepsis and how this indifference led to thousands of unnecessary surgical deaths, Empire of the Scalpel is both a global history and a uniquely American tale. You’ll discover how in the 20th century the US achieved surgical leadership, heralded by Harvard’s Joseph Murray and his Nobel Prize–winning, seemingly impossible feat of transplanting a kidney, which ushered in a new era of transplants that continues to make procedures once thought insurmountable into achievable successes. Today, the list of possible operations is almost infinite—from knee and hip replacement to heart bypass and transplants to fat reduction and rhinoplasty—and “Rutkow has a raconteur’s touch” (San Francisco Chronicle) as he draws on his five-decade career to show us how we got here. Comprehensive, authoritative, and captivating, Empire of the Scalpel is “a fascinating, well-rendered story of how the once-impossible became a daily reality” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review).

Author : Stephen Dorrian
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2012-08-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781291018981

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A Scalpel's Edge by Stephen Dorrian Pdf

A Scalpel's edge is a dark novella that follows a chief surgeon whose skill is unparalleled. He can perform the most complex procedures with minimal effort. The thrill of the operating room used to be the reason he went to work, now his life has become a boring routine where he can perform the operations almost robotically with little challenge, coupled with a stagnant marriage he finds himself drifting through life. One day during a routine operation something happens that has never happened before - he makes a mistake. He must think on his feet to save the patients life. He feels alive for the first time in a long time, the adrenaline flows through his veins and he feels challenged. After the operation he returns to the monotony of his life but soon finds himself craving that feeling once more, that thrill, that fix. He starts on a dark path that leads to him sabotaging operations deliberately for the thrill, playing Russian roulette with his patient's lives for his own pleasures.

Author : Gene L. Green
Publisher : Zondervan
Page : 81 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2015-05-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780310516064

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The Scalpel and the Cross by Gene L. Green Pdf

We know the bedrock themes upon which the Christian faith stands: creation, fall, redemption, restoration. As Christians, we live within these great moments of God’s plan for humanity and all of his creation. In other words, our lives are part of Christian theology—every part of our lives, even surgery. As a part of Zondervan’s Ordinary Theology series, The Scalpel and the Cross recounts New Testament professor Gene Green’s encounter with open-heart surgery and carefully examines the many ways in which Christian doctrine spoke into the experience. The result is a short book that avoids shallow explanations and glib promises, instead guiding readers to deeper understanding and enduring hope in the face of one of modern life’s necessary traumas.

Author : Frank Gill Slaughter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Korean War, 1950-1953
ISBN : OCLC:1342129385

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Sword and Scalpel by Frank Gill Slaughter Pdf

Author : Deborah Rudacille
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2015-12-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781466895287

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The Scalpel and the Butterfly by Deborah Rudacille Pdf

An engrossing and eloquent study of the history and ethics of animal experimentation The heart of a pig may soon beat in a human chest. Sheep, cattle, and mice have been cloned. Slowly but inexorably scientists are learning how to transfer tissues, organs, and DNA between species. Some think this research is moving too far, too fast, without adequate discussion of possible consequences: Is it ethical to breed animals for spare parts? When does the cost in animal life and suffering outweigh the potential benefit to humans? In precise and elegant prose, The Scalpel and the Butterfly explores the ongoing struggle between the promise offered by new research and the anxiety about safety and ethical implications in the context of the conflict between experimental medicine and animal protection that dates back to the mid-nineteenth century. Deborah Rudacille offers a compelling and cogent look at the history of this divisive topic, from the days of Louis Pasteur and the founding of organized anti-vivisection in England to the Nazi embrace of eugenics, from animal rights to the continuing war between PETA and biomedical researchers, and the latest developments in replacing, reducing, and refining animal use for research and testing.

Author : Lori Alvord,Elizbeth Cohen Van Pelt
Publisher : Bantam
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2000-06-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780553378009

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The Scalpel and the Silver Bear by Lori Alvord,Elizbeth Cohen Van Pelt Pdf

The first Navajo woman surgeon combines western medicine and traditional healing. A spellbinding journey between two worlds, this remarkable book describes surgeon Lori Arviso Alvord's struggles to bring modern medicine to the Navajo reservation in Gallup, New Mexico—and to bring the values of her people to a medical care system in danger of losing its heart. Dr. Alvord left a dusty reservation in New Mexico for Stanford University Medical School, becoming the first Navajo woman surgeon. Rising above the odds presented by her own culture and the male-dominated world of surgeons, she returned to the reservation to find a new challenge. In dramatic encounters, Dr. Alvord witnessed the power of belief to influence health, for good or for ill. She came to merge the latest breakthroughs of medical science with the ancient tribal paths to recovery and wellness, following the Navajo philosophy of a balanced and harmonious life, called Walking in Beauty. And now, in bringing these principles to the world of medicine, The Scalpel and the Silver Bear joins those few rare works, such as Healing and the Mind, whose ideas have changed medical practices-and our understanding of the world.

Author : Frank G. Slaughter
Publisher : Speaking Volumes
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781645400165

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The Stonewall Brigade by Frank G. Slaughter Pdf

A Novel of the American Civil War David Preston was an officer in the U. S. Army—before Virginia seceded from the Union. Then, with most of his fellow Virginians, he offered himself in the service of the Confederacy . . . Assigned to Col. T. J. Jackson's 1st brigade, at Harper's Ferry, he quickly began applying the expertise in military medicine he had gained as an observer with Garibaldi's forces in Italy. He'd met Abe Lincoln once, in Washington. Now he was to encounter the likes of J. E. B. Stuart, the dashing cavalry commander, Robert E. Lee, Jubal Early, and especially Stonewall Jackson—that puzzling blend of professor, Bible scholar, and dazzling military genius. David was to follow Jackson through all his campaigns—right up to the last one, at Chancellorsville, where a stray bullet ended the great general's life. And David was then to see the Confederate cause gallantly go down to defeat as Grant's armies closed their iron circle around Richmond. But always in the back of David's mind was Araminta, the Cherokee woman he would marry if he survived the war. She was caught up in the political intrigues over the fate of the Cherokee nation after the war, and her Southern sym­pathies led her to take chances which endangered her safety, and perhaps her life . . . Human tragedies interweave and blend with the broad sweep of military maneuvers, in this large-scale historical novel about the men who fought with Stonewall Jackson during the Great War of Secession.

Author : Tommaso Gazzarri
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-21
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783110673715

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The Stylus and the Scalpel by Tommaso Gazzarri Pdf

Seneca’s developed metaphors draw on what is known to describe the unknown. They put hard ethical in highly accessible, and often quite entertaining, terms. The present book provides a functional description of Seneca’s dialectical relation between metaphorical language and philosophy. It shows how Stoic philosophy finds a new means of expression in Seneca’s highly elaborated rhetorical discourse, and how this relates to the social and cultural demands of Neronian culture. Metaphors are purposely utilized to work "collectively" rather than by category or type and that, therefore, the analysis of what metaphors do when Seneca chooses to combine them in clusters, demonstrates the existence of a "metanarrative of rhetoric". This approach is fundamentally innovative and has the advantage of gauging the functioning of Senecan style as a whole, rather than focusing on single features of its rhetorical functioning. The main target is to show how philosophical preaching materially contributes to the healing of human soul because it shapes the individual’s cognitive faculty in a way that is physical and not simply figurative. The stylus and the scalpel blend in their functions. This kind of therapy is not just the simulacrum of a more "real" one, it is in itself medical in nature.

Author : Jim Doilney,Rick Barrow
Publisher : Bookbaby
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2021-12-24
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1737634503

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Riding the Scalpel by Jim Doilney,Rick Barrow Pdf

This is the incredible 20 year saga of a globe-trotting adventure traveler who rode for his life. Jim Doilney was a PhD in economics and university professor when he kicked academia away and moved to a small mountain town in Utah. Within a few years he had a successful resort business and made a promise to himself to make time every year for long treks ...to places nobody goes, to meet people nobody knows. Traveling by foot or by bike, he crossed faraway deserts, climbed mountain peaks, hiked through tropical jungles and over glacier passes. His plan was no plan and he deliberately set out with minimal equipment and comforts, testing himself against deprivation and physical limits. He skied down active volcanos, waded through crocodile-infested rivers, dodged angry grizzlies and great white sharks, spending hours in a company of unique characters--- never-give-up hippies, burned-out surfers, laid-back expats, remote farmers, cocaine cowboys, backwater entrepreneurs, and a host of fellow travelers who shared the road. From the beaches of Mexico to the coasts of Australia, from frigid Patagonia to steamy Cuba, from magical New Zealand to Kathmandu, from Alaska to Scotland, from Cape Town to Spain, from Hawaii to the Himalayas, from the Panama Canal to the mountains of Spain, he hiked and biked---until tragedy struck. Facing a fatal diagnosis of prostate cancer, he weighed the only treatments offered---radical surgery, chemo or radiation, along with the brutal life-changing after-effects---and rejected them all. 'Butcher me, bake me or burn me, he called them, and vowed to find the alternate path. Twenty years later, he has lived to write this journal. Not just to relate his adventures, but to tell the thousands of aging men who every year face death from prostate cancer that there is another way. He is still trekking.

Author : Arthur van Langenberg
Publisher : Aurum Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2022-11-22
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780711282926

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From Scalpel to Spade by Arthur van Langenberg Pdf

From Scalpel to Spade is a sparkling memoir from surgeon and gardener Arthur van Langenberg as he traces the lessons learned from a life well lived, recounting his adventures in both medicine and gardening with charm, wit and fascinating insight.