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1 online resource |
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Gulf Coast books ; no. 23 |
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Gulf Coast books ; no. 23.
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| Contents |
Intro; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1. The Spohn Family, from Canada to the United States: 1776-1865; Chapter 2. From the University of Michigan to Postwar New York City: 1866-1867; Chapter 3. The Spohns to Lawless Texas: 1867-1868; Chapter 4. Spohn in Texas: 1868-1870; Chapter 5. Mier, Mexico: 1870-1872; Chapter 6. Corpus Christi, the City by the Sea:1873-1875; Chapter 7. A Pivotal Year:1876; Chapter 8. In New York:1877; Chapter 9. The Wild West:1878-1881; Chapter 10. Medical and Family Drama: 1882-1884; Chapter 11. Tragedy and Triumph: 1885-1887 |
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Chapter 12. A Race to Paris and the Pasteur Institute: 1888Chapter 13. Medical Passions: 1889-1894; Chapter 14. Challenging Times: 1895-1899; Chapter 15. A New Century: 1900-1905; Chapter 16. A Hospital at Last: 1905; Chapter 17. City of the Bluff and Seas: 1906-1908; Chapter 18. Dr. Arthur Edward Spohn's Legacy: 1908-1913; Epilogue; Appendix 1. Medical Journal Articles by Dr. Spohn; Appendix 2. Poetry by and about Dr. Spohn; Appendix 3. Spaun/Spohn, Vela and Vidal, and Kenedy Family Trees; Appendix 4. Spohn Sanitarium Dedicatory Address; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
In this first comprehensive biography of Dr. Arthur Edward Spohn, authors Jane Clements Monday, Frances Brannen Vick, and Charles W. Monday Jr., MD, illuminate the remarkable nineteenth-century story of a trailblazing physician who helped to modernize the practice of medicine in 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed September 18, 2018) |
| Subject |
Spohn, Arthur Ed.
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Spoon family.
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| SUBJECT |
Spoon family fast |
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Spohn Sanitarium (Corpus Christi, Tex.) -- History
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Surgeons -- Texas -- Corpus Christi -- Biography
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Surgeons
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MEDICAL -- Surgery -- General.
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Surgeons
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Texas -- Corpus Christi
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Electronic books
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Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Vick, Frances Brannen, 1935- author.
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Monday, Charles W. (Charles Woodrow), Jr., author
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| ISBN |
9781623496913 |
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1623496918 |
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