From Mayo Clinic to Vietnam: Memoirs of a Physician Serving in the War - Softcover

James V. Donadio Jr.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0692885463 ISBN 13: 9780692885468

Publisher: James V. Donadio, Jr., MD, 2017

Synopsis

Memoirs of Physician Serving in the War: From Mayo Clinic to Vietnam is Dr. James Donadio's account of his year in the Vietnam War, from August 1966 to August 1967. Army Capt. Donadio was assigned to the 3rd Field Hospital in Saigon in its newly created kidney unit. Donadio was drafted into the Army while working at the famed Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. He left his wife and four children to practice in the renal section in Saigon, where he also conducted research on acute renal failure, malaria, and ricksettsial infections and worked as a physician at two orphanages and as physician-in-attendance to Cardinal Spellman during his visit to Vietnam during the 1966 Christmas season. Twenty pages of articles Dr. Donadio-who today is an emeritus physician at the Mayo Clinic's Nephrology Division-has published in various medical journals are included in the book. These may be overly complex for those not in the medical field. For me, the highlights of this memoir are the vivid pictures from Vietnam and the letters, maps, and Army documents Donadio includes. The images of the orphanage and the streets of Saigon were especially memorable. I would recommend this book to all historians of the Vietnam War. -Mark S. Miller https://vvabooks.wordpress.com/2018/01/05/memoirs-of-physician-serving-in-the-war-by-james-v-donadio-jr/

Edition details

• Publisher: James V. Donadio, Jr., MD
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0692885463
• ISBN 13: 9780692885468
• Binding: Perfect Paperback
• Language: English