Dr. Arthur Spohn: Surgeon, Inventor, and Texas Medical Pioneer
Language: English
Published by Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas, 2018
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- Hardcover
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BF2 - A first edition (stated) hardcover book SIGNED by Jane Clements Monday and Charles W. Monday, Jr., MDon the half-title page in very good condition in fair dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has moderate wrinkling, chipping, crease, and small tears on the edges especially on the top, soiled patches on the bottom of the front and spine, scattered scratches, rubbing, wrinkling and scuffing, light tanning and shelf wear. Book lightly bowed, some bumped corners, small tear on the bottom edge of the front gutter, some light stains on the page edges, light wrinkling on a few inside pages, some light discoloration and shelf wear. Introduction by Kenneth L. Mattox, MD. Number Thirty-two Gulf Coast Books, sponsored by Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, John W. Tunnell Jr., General Editor. The largest hospital system in South Texas bears his name, yet little is known of nineteenth-century medical pioneer Dr. Arthur Edward Spohn. In this illuminating biography, authors Jane Clements Monday, Frances Brannen Vick and Charles W. Monday, Jr., MD share the remarkable story of a trailblazing physician who, often operating on kitchen tables out of necessity, modernized the practice of medicine in South Texas. 9.5"x6.5", 341 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…
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- Title
- Dr. Arthur Spohn: Surgeon, Inventor, and Texas Medical Pioneer
- Author
- Jane Clements Monday and Frances Brannen Vick with Charles W. Monday, Jr., MD
- Publisher
- Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas
- Publication year
- 2018
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- Fair
- Signed
- Signed by Author
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 162349690X
- ISBN 13
- 9781623496906
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Seller catalogs
- Biography, History, 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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