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A surgeon's world : an autobiography
- Title
- A surgeon's world : an autobiography / by Max Thorek, M.D.
- Author
- Thorek, Max, 1880-1960.
- Publication
- Philadelphia, New York : J.B. Lippincott Company ©1943.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | R154.T524 A3 1943 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 410 pages; 22 cm.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Biography
- Autobiography
- autobiographies (literary works)
- Personal narratives
- Biographies
- Autobiographies
- Autobiographies.
- Biographies.
- Note
- "First edition."
- Contents
- Prelude to America. First memories ; Struck by lightning ; Student in Budapest ; Lost homeland ; My Uncle Bernard -- Survival in Chicago. Fiddle and drum ; Disciple of Aesculapius ; Mystery of birth ; Practising physician ; Up the ladder -- A dream comes true. Surgeon to stars and satellites ; Full speed ahead ; Narrow escapes -- Golden twenties. Thoughts on turning forty ; Adventures in research ; Rejuvenation or reactivation ; A lion against itself ; No bed of roses ; Dolce for niente ; Magic carpets -- Deep waters. No bigger than a man's hand ; It takes all kinds ; Thou shalt not kill ; Arcitc enigma ; Spice of life ; The tragedy of appendicitis -- Toward tomorrow. Right side up again ; Halls of learning ; Private worlds ; Nothing but the truth? ; When the new day dawns ; A goodly company ; Surgeon's credo.
- LCCN
- 43015720
- OCLC
- ocm01347456
- 1347456
- SCSB-373912
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library