Healers and Achievers: Physicians Who Excelled in Other Fields and the Times in Which They Lived - Hardcover

Bloch M D, Raphael S; Bloch, Raphael S

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1469192470 ISBN 13: 9781469192475

Publisher: Xlibris, 2012

Synopsis

"It is not widely known that throughout history physicians have contributed more than just medical care to civilization. Healers and Achievers is a series of biographies of doctors from ancient Egypt to the twenty-first century who distinguished themselves with lasting non-medical accomplishments. They include the architect of the first Egyptian pyramid, a pope, the "Fathers" of astronomy, geology, magnetism, and taxonomy, American Founding Fathers, French Revolutionaries, a buccaneer, world-class athletes, a spy, and an astronaut. Their life stories are told in the context of the eras in which they lived, and their fields of medical and non-medial expertise are explained in terms comprehensible to both laymen and physicians."--Back cover.

About this title

About the Author:

Author's biography for Healers and Achievers Raphael S. Bloch has been a practicing physician for forty years and is on the teaching faculty of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City. He has served as the chief of ophthalmology at Martin Army Hospital in Fort Benning, Georgia, and Northern Westchester Hospital Center in Mount Kisco, New York. Dr. Bloch has written chapters published in Clinical Ophthalmology, Compendium of Ophthalmology, Ophthalmic Technology, and Current Ocular Therapy. His society memberships include the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the American College of Surgeons. When not engaged in professional practice, Dr. Bloch enjoys travel, figure skating, and the study of foreign languages. He and his wife, Dorothy, live in Stamford, Connecticut.

About this edition

• Publisher: Xlibris
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1469192470
• ISBN 13: 9781469192475
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 792