The Making of a Surgeon: The Story of the First Heart and Lung Transplants and the Murder of Medgar Evers - Couverture souple

Robinson, O. Gordon

 
9781489719195: The Making of a Surgeon: The Story of the First Heart and Lung Transplants and the Murder of Medgar Evers
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ISBN 10 : 1489719199 ISBN 13 : 9781489719195
Editeur : LifeRichPublishing, 2018

Synopsis

Segregation was a way of life in the 1960s, especially in the South when O. Gordon Robinson Jr. was completing his surgical residency at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. The Ku Klux Klan was a force to be reckoned with at the time, and Robinson chronicles the events he witnessed as well as the civil rights movement of the time against the backdrop of completing his medical education. His main focus is on the daily lives and work of the residents, including the innovative organ-transplant research led by Dr. James Hardy. One of Robinson’s initial assignments was to transplant a kidney from one dog to another, and from the recipient dog, one of his kidneys to the first dog. The helpers anesthetized the animals, prepped and draped them, and started IV fluids if necessary. Dr. Hardy was a real pioneer in the field of transplantation, and as time went on, it became obvious that he and his crew were preparing to do heart and lung transplants on humans—something that had never been done before. Whether you’re interested in life during the civil rights movement, medical education or both, you’ll enjoy The Making of a Surgeon.

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À propos de l'auteur

O. Gordon Robinson, Jr., M.D. was in the maelstrom of segregated Mississippi as a surgical resident. He writes of quantum medical breakthroughs as well as quantum social change from the perspective of a house resident at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in the early 1960s. He currently lives in Birmingham, Alabama.

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Éditeur
LifeRichPublishing
Date d'édition
2018
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1489719199
ISBN 13 
9781489719195
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
150
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9781489719218: The Making of a Surgeon: The Story of the First Heart and Lung Transplants and the Murder of Medgar Evers

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1489719210 ISBN 13 :  9781489719218
Editeur : Liferich, 2018
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