Dr. Arthur Spohn: Surgeon, Inventor, and Texas Medical Pioneer - Couverture rigide

Monday, Jane Clements; Monday, Charles W.; Vick, Frances Brannen

 
9781623496906: Dr. Arthur Spohn: Surgeon, Inventor, and Texas Medical Pioneer
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 162349690X ISBN 13 : 9781623496906
Editeur : Texas A & M University Press, 2018

Synopsis

In this first comprehensive biography of Dr. Arthur Edward Spohn, authors Jane Clements Monday, Frances Brannen Vick, and Charles W. Monday Jr., MD, illuminate the remarkable nineteenth-century story of a trailblazing physician who helped to modernize the practice of medicine in Texas.

Arthur Spohn was unusually innovative for the time and exceptionally dedicated to improving medical care. Among his many surgical innovations was the development of a specialized tourniquet for "bloodless operations" that was later adopted as a field instrument by militaries throughout the world. To this day, he holds the world record for the removal of the largest tumor--328 pounds--from a patient who fully recovered.

Recognizing the need for modern medical care in South Texas, Spohn, with the help of Alice King, raised funds to open the first hospital in Corpus Christi. Today, his name and institutional legacy live on in the region through the Christus Spohn Health System, the largest hospital system in South Texas. This biography of a medical pioneer recreates for readers the medical, regional, and family worlds in which Spohn moved, making it an important contribution not only to the history of South Texas but also to the history of modern medicine.

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À propos de l?auteur

JANE CLEMENTS MONDAY is the author of numerous books and coauthor, with Frances Brannen Vick, of award-winning Petra's Legacy: The South Texas Ranching Empire of Petra Vela and Mifflin Kenedy and Letters to Alice: Birth of the Kleberg-King Ranch Dynasty. She has served as chair of the Texas State University System Board of Regents and mayor of Huntsville, Texas. She resides in Huntsville. FRANCES BRANNEN VICK is the author or coauthor of numerous books, including Petra's Legacy and Letters to Alice. She founded E-Heart Press and cofounded the University of North Texas Press. Vick has served as president of the Texas Institute of Letters, the Texas State Historical Association, and the Philosophical Society of Texas. She resides in Dallas. CHARLES W. MONDAY JR. holds an MD from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and practices general surgery in the Huntsville area.

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Éditeur
Texas A & M University Press
Date d'édition
2018
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
162349690X
ISBN 13 
9781623496906
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
352
Coordonnées du fabricant
Buchpark GmbH
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