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Doctor, Doctor: Incredible True Tales From a GP's Surgery

Author : Dr Rosemary Leonard

Publisher : Headline

Page : 151 pages

File Size : 19,41 MB

Release : 2012-08-16

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 0755362071

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In DOCTOR, DOCTOR, Dr Rosemary writes with warmth, humour and honesty as she recalls the stories of 20 of her most memorable patients from her 25 years working as a GP in south London. These include an eco-protestor with appendicitis, an octogenarian nymphomaniac, a teenager in labour with a baby she didn't know about, a lonely ex-coal miner with a chronic chest condition and a middle-aged man who can't quite bring himself to tell her the real problem. Funny, heart-warming and a little bit gory, DOCTOR, DOCTOR reveals the truth about day-to-day life as a GP. Heartbreaking diagnoses, challenging patients and the strong bonds that are formed, Dr Rosemary takes us from the waiting room to the consultation room and lifts the lid on what life as a GP is really like.



Medical Blunders

Author : Robert Youngson

Publisher : NYU Press

Page : 413 pages

File Size : 13,91 MB

Release : 1998-07

Category : History

ISBN : 0814796893

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A doctor removes the normal, healthy side of a patient's brain instead of the malignant tumor. A man whose leg is scheduled for amputation wakes up to find his healthy leg removed. These recent examples are part of a history of medical disasters and embarrassments as old as the profession itself. In Medical Blunders, Robert M. Youngson and Ian Schott have written the definitive account of medical mishap in modern and not-so- modern times. Youngson and Schott cover the gamut of medical accidents, from famous quacks to curious forms of sexual healing, from blunders with the brain to drugs worse than the diseases they are intended to treat. In Medical Blunders, we find shamefully dangerous doctors, human guinea pigs, masturbation treated as a disease requiring treatment, and the legendary surgeon who was himself a craven morphine addict. The resulting picture is one which depicts medical mistakes that are incredible, misguided, arrogant, cruel, or stupendously wrong-headed. Exploring the line between the comical and the tragic, the honest mistake and the intentional crime, Medical Blunders illustrates once and for all that doctors are subject to the same political, social, historical, and personal pressures as the rest of humanity.



The Doctor Stories

Author : William Carlos Williams

Publisher : New Directions Publishing

Page : 164 pages

File Size : 22,55 MB

Release : 1984

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 9780811209267

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Not only for students and doctors, this volume contains Williams's thirteen doctor stories, several of his most famous poems on medical matters, and The Practice from The Autobiography.



War Doctor

Author : David Nott

Publisher : Abrams

Page : 363 pages

File Size : 21,15 MB

Release : 2020-03-03

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 1683359062

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#1 International Bestseller: A frontline trauma surgeon tells his “riveting” true story of operating in the world’s most dangerous war zones (The Times). For more than twenty-five years, surgeon David Nott has volunteered in some of the world’s most perilous conflict zones. From Sarajevo under siege in 1993 to clandestine hospitals in rebel-held eastern Aleppo, he has carried out lifesaving operations in the most challenging conditions, and with none of the resources of a major metropolitan hospital. He is now widely acknowledged as the most experienced trauma surgeon in the world. War Doctor is his extraordinary story, encompassing his surgeries in nearly every major conflict zone since the end of the Cold War, as well as his struggles to return to a “normal” life and routine after each trip. Culminating in his recent trips to war-torn Syria—and the untold story of his efforts to help secure a humanitarian corridor out of besieged Aleppo to evacuate some 50,000 people—War Doctor is a heart-stopping and moving blend of medical memoir, personal journey, and nonfiction thriller that provides unforgettable, at times raw, insight into the human toll of war. “Superb . . . You are constantly amazed that men such as Nott can witness the extraordinary cruelties of the human race, so many and so foul, yet keep going.” —Sunday Times “Gripping and fascinating medical stories.” —Kirkus Reviews



Are Those Real?

Author : Norman Leaf

Publisher : iUniverse

Page : 173 pages

File Size : 19,39 MB

Release : 2010-04-15

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 1450218415

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Americans have long been fascinated by the personal lives of Hollywood celebrities and the over-hyped magic of plastic surgery. In this entertaining memoir, Dr. Norman Leaf, a highly respected plastic surgeon, reveals the complex and all-too-human connection that exists between these two worlds. In his thirty-five years practicing in Beverly Hills, California, Leaf has encountered the great and those aspiring to be great, seeing them in a different light than the general public. This unique perspective contributes to a touching, inspiring, humorous, and eye-opening journey into a world few have the opportunity to see close-up, while debunking the myths and clearing up the misconceptions about plastic surgery. Are Those Real? is not a kiss-and-tell memoir. With the exception of a few iconic figures, Leaf is careful to protect the identities of his patients. Sometimes hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking, Are Those Real? paints an intimate portrait of a master surgeon, while shining a light into a little-known corner of modern culture. In this memoir, Leaf appeals to biography buffs and illustrates the good, bad, happy, and just plain funny aspects of plastic surgery.



The Man Who Touched His Own Heart

Author : Rob Dunn

Publisher : Little, Brown

Page : 355 pages

File Size : 48,18 MB

Release : 2015-02-03

Category : Science

ISBN : 0316225800

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The secret history of our most vital organ: the human heart. The Man Who Touched His Own Heart tells the raucous, gory, mesmerizing story of the heart, from the first "explorers" who dug up cadavers and plumbed their hearts' chambers, through the first heart surgeries -- which had to be completed in three minutes before death arrived -- to heart transplants and the latest medical efforts to prolong our hearts' lives, almost defying nature in the process. Thought of as the seat of our soul, then as a mysteriously animated object, the heart is still more a mystery than it is understood. Why do most animals only get one billion beats? (And how did modern humans get to over two billion, effectively letting us live out two lives?) Why are sufferers of gingivitis more likely to have heart attacks? Why do we often undergo expensive procedures when cheaper ones are just as effective? What do Da Vinci, Mary Shelley, and contemporary Egyptian archaeologists have in common? And what does it really feel like to touch your own heart, or to have someone else's beating inside your chest? Rob Dunn's fascinating history of our hearts brings us deep inside the science, history, and stories of the four chambers we depend on most.



The World's Most Incredible Stories

Author : Adam Sisman

Publisher : Barnes & Noble Publishing

Page : 204 pages

File Size : 50,77 MB

Release : 1998

Category : Curiosities and wonders

ISBN : 9780760708934

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Collections of oddities have abounded since ancient times. Philosphers, essayists, travelers and natural historians have all contributed to this offbeat - yet rich - source of literature.



Diary of a Rural GP: Hilarious True Stories from a Country Practice

Author : Michael Sparrow

Publisher : Prelude Books

Page : 232 pages

File Size : 20,98 MB

Release : 2021-01-28

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 1788422244

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Recently retired, Dr Sparrow reveals with refreshing candour and dark humour the most memorable experiences of his career as a rural GP. From sewing back on a patient’s chiselled finger on a call-out, and the emergency countryside delivery inspired by James Herriot, to suddenly remembering the body left in the back of a Volvo, and a small oversight that blew up the local crematorium, Dr Sparrow spares no blushes.



Amazing Stories and Articles

Author : Cecelia Frances Page

Publisher : iUniverse

Page : 218 pages

File Size : 31,10 MB

Release : 2008-12

Category : Literary Collections

ISBN : 1440107793

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AMAZING STORIES AND ARTICLES is a stimulating and exciting book with fifty-six stories and articles. Some health topics are A Doctor's Dilemma, A Nurse's Life and Hospital Exposure. Articles and stories about social issues and experiences are Indian Celebrations in India, Chelsey Rogers, A Neglected Child, Married Life, Vivid Memories, Paul's Sudden Blindness, Different Arrangements, A Rocky Life, Immature People Versus Mature People, Biography of Thomas Kenneth Wignall, Cowboy Extravaganza, The Book Worm, Nellie's Service to Others and Annette Wore Glasses. Scientific topics are My Chemistry Teacher, From Darkness to Light, Theodore's Scientific Discoveries, Volcanoes and Craters, A Spider's Life, Tidal Waves, Fresh Water and Spectrums. Educational topics are The Choir Director, The College Professor and Jamie, The Slow Learner. Religious topics are Phenomenal Awareness, Life of Mormons, Christmas Holidays and Easter Egg Hunt. Adventure topics are Pumpkin Celebration, New York Odyssey, Julian, the Bank Robber, Mount Shasta Mystery, The Hidden Cavern, Worthwhile Journeys, Shangri-La, Michelle's Camel and Climbing Mt. Rainier. Miscellaneous topics are A Paradox, Selecting a Mink Coat, Halloween Capers, Commercial Cars, Buttercup, Our Family Cow, Factory Workers, Meat on the Table, Scissors Are Useful, Corsages and Bouquets, Skyscrapers, A Great Opportunity, You Really Want to Know? Tiffany Lamps, Antique Shops and Television and Film Fans. AMAZING STORIES AND ARTICLES will stimulate your mind because of the wide variety of worthwhile topics and detailed descriptions and examples ex-pressed in each article and story.



Amazing Stories

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Page : 414 pages

File Size : 23,89 MB

Release : 1926

Category : Science fiction

ISBN :

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