Doctors of Another Calling (eBook)

Physicians Who Are Known Best in Fields Other than Medicine

David K. C. Cooper (Herausgeber)

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2013
464 Seiten
University of Delaware Press (Verlag)
978-1-61149-467-9 (ISBN)

Infos

This book provides wide ranging and comprehensive biographical sketches of forty-two doctors who are best known to the public for their contributions to fields outside of medicine. Largely written by members of the medical profession, the selection of doctors discussed here are those who are, or were, well-known to the public for their contributions to their non-medical fields of choice. In many cases, the readers may have been unaware that well known professionals in fields such as literature, exploration, business, sports, and entertainment was medically qualified.

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The medical profession is rich in those who have made names for themselves outside of medicine. The fields of literature, exploration, business, sport, entertainment, and beyond abound with doctors whose interests lie outside medicine. This book, largely written by members of the medical profession, examines the efforts of doctors in non-medical fields. The doctors discussed here are those who are, or were, well-known to the public for their contributions to their non-medical fields of choice. In many cases, the public may have been unaware that a subject was medically qualified. This book provides wide-ranging and comprehensive biographical sketches of forty-two doctors who are best known to the public for their contributions to fields outside of medicine.

Autor

David K.C. Cooper is a professor of surgery at the Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh.

Inhalt

ContentsForeword (Howard Dean, MD)Acknowledgements (David K.C. Cooper)Table of ContentsList of IllustrationsIntroduction (David K.C. Cooper)Chapter 1St. Luke (1st century AD) –– The Most Widely-Read Physician (T. Jock Murray)Chapter 2Dante Alighieri (1265–1321) –– Physician of the Soul (James E. Bailey)Chapter 3Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543) –– Celestial Physician (Michael E. Moran)Chapter 4John Locke (1632–1704) –– Philosopher and Political Theorist (Barry Silverman)Chapter 5Hans Sloane (1660–1753) –– The Ultimate Collector (Paul Berman)Chapter 6Thomas Dover (1660–1742) –– Buccaneer on the High Seas (David K.C. Cooper)Chapter 7Physician Patriots –– The Doctors Who Signed the American Declaration of Independence: Josiah Bartlett (1729–1795), Lyman Hall (1724–1790), Benjamin Rush (1745–1813), Matthew Thornton (1714–1803), Oliver Wolcott (1726–1797) (James R. Johnston)Chapter 8Mungo Park (1771–1806) –– Explorer of West Africa (Robert P. Turk)Chapter 9Thomas Young (1773–1829) –– The Smartest Person Ever? (Michael E. Moran)Chapter 10Peter Mark Roget (1779–1869) –– And His Thesaurus (T. Jock Murray)Chapter 11John Keats (1795–1821) –– Romantic Poet (Joseph B. VanderVeer Jr.)Chapter 12Abraham Gesner (1797–1864) –– Father of the Petroleum Industry (T. Jock Murray)Chapter 13Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809–1894) –– Writer and Philosopher (Charles S. Bryan)Chapter 14David Livingstone (1813–1873) –– Explorer of Africa (Mabel L. Purkerson)Chapter 15Alexander Borodin (1834–1887) –– Russian Composer (Paul Berman)Chapter 16William Chester Minor (1834–1920) –– Murderer and Maestro of Words (Clyde Partin)Chapter 17John Henry “Doc” Holliday (1851–1887) –– Tombstone Legend (Sandra W. Moss)Chapter 18John Harvey Kellogg (1852–1943) –– Of Cereal Fame (J. Gordon Frierson)Chapter 19Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) –– Creator of Sherlock Holmes (James G. Ravin)Chapter 20Anton Chekhov (1860–1904) –– Russian Writer (Joseph B. VanderVeer Jr.)Chapter 21Leonard Wood (1860–1927) –– Controversial Military Leader (J. Gordon Frierson and Daniel Morgan) Chapter 22Sun Yat-sen (1866–1925) –– Reformer and Revolutionary (J. Gordon Frierson)Chapter 23Edward Wilson (1872–1912) –– Antarctic Explorer, Painter, and Naturalist (Jessie L. Ternberg)Chapter 24W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1965) –– Teller of Tales (Angela Nicholls)Chapter 25Albert Schweitzer (1875–1965) –– Organist, Theologian, and Nobel Laureate (J. Michael Fuller)Chapter 26Archibald Joseph (A. J.) Cronin (1896–1981) –– Best-selling Novelist (Peter E. Dans)Chapter 27Jules Stein (1896–1981) –– Visionary Extraordinaire (Rob H. Stone and Marvin J. Stone)Chapter 28Armand Hammer (1898–1990) –– Businessman Extraordinaire (David K.C. Cooper)Chapter 29Henry Stallard (1901–1973) –– The 1924 Paris Olympics and Chariots of Fire (John D. Bullock)Chapter 30Boyd Neel (1905–1981) –– Medicine or Music? (C. Peter W. Warren)Chapter 31Ernesto “Che” Guevara (1928–1967) –– Iconic Revolutionary (Amy L. Cooper)Chapter 32Roger Bannister (1929– ) –– The Four-minute Mile (David K.C. Cooper) Chapter 33Graham Chapman (1941–1989) –– From Medicine to Monty Python (David Cooper)Chapter 34Abraham Verghese (1955– ) –– His Own Countries, His Own Profession (Joseph W. Lella)Chapter 35Khaled Hosseini (1965– ) –– Novelist and Humanitarian (Joseph W. Lella)Medical students who did not complete their studiesChapter 36Roald Amundsen (1872–1928) –– Polar Explorer (J. Michael Fuller)Chapter 37Friedrich “Fritz” Kreisler (1875–1962) –– Violinist and Composer (J. Michael Fuller)Chapter 38Lu Xun (1881–1936) –– The Pen Is Mightier Than the Scalpel (C. Peter W. Warren) Appendix 1Who Could Have Been Chosen? (David K.C. Cooper)Appendix 2Selected Physicians from Thomas Monro’s Collection of More Than Five- hundred Who Were Noted for Their Achievements Outside of Medicine (David K.C. Cooper)About the Contributors

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 26.11.2013
• Vorwort: Howard Dean
• Zusatzinfo: 40 Illustrations including: - 40 Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Medizinethik
• Themenwelt: Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin
• Schlagworte: Biography • History • Medicine • Sociology
• ISBN-10: 1-61149-467-2 / 1611494672
• ISBN-13: 978-1-61149-467-9 / 9781611494679