Second Suns: Two Trailblazing Doctors and Their Quest to Cure Blindness, One Pair of Eyes at a Time (eBook)

David Oliver Relin (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2016
432 Seiten
The Experiment, LLC (Verlag)
978-1-61519-363-9 (ISBN)

Infos

Now in paperback: a #1 New York Timesbestselling author's gripping chronicle of ';two doctors . . . bringing light to those in darkness' (Time) The publisher will donate a portion of its proceeds on the sale of this book to the Himalayan Cataract Project. Second Suns is the unforgettable true story of two very different doctors with a common mission: to rid the world of preventable blindness. Dr. Geoffrey Tabin was the high-achieving ';bad boy' of his class at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Sanduk Ruit grew up in a remote village in the Himalayas, where cataract blindnesseasily curable in modern hospitalsamounts to an epidemic. Together, they pioneered a new surgical method, by which they have restored sight to over 100,000 peopleall for about $20 per operation. Master storyteller David Oliver Relin brings the doctors' work to vivid life through poignant portraits of their patients, from old men who can once again walk treacherous mountain trails, to children who can finally see their mothers' faces. The Himalayan Cataract Project is changing the worldone pair of eyes at a time.

Produkt-Details

• Nachwort: Geoffrey Tabin
• Vorwort: Paul Farmer
• Zusatzinfo: 16-page B&W photo insert
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Schlagworte: 60 minutes • accomplish • achieve • Advances • Aesthetic • ART • begi • Biography • Blind • Blindness • block • brush • Bullet • by hand • Calligraphy • cataracts • Community • Composition • Cool • Country • Creative • cursive • Design • Disease • DIY • Doctor • Doctors Without Borders • dot • Draw • Eye • eyesight • Font • Fountain pen • Gift • god of sight • Graffiti • Guide • handwriting • HCP • Heartfelt • himalayan cataract project • Himalayas • Holiday • Hope • Human Rights • Idea • Ideas • inspiring • invitations • Journal • Journaling • KIT • lamy safari • learn • Lettering • Letters • List • Logo • Medical • Modern • Network • Nib • nner • Nonfiction • Ophthalmology • Optical • painting • paper peony press • Preventable • Purpose Driven Life • Selflessness • Serif • SET • Sketch • Social Justice • Stationery • Surgery • technique • third world • TikTok • TIPS • Travel • Tricks • typography • Vision
• ISBN-10: 1-61519-363-4 / 1615193634
• ISBN-13: 978-1-61519-363-9 / 9781615193639