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| Acknowledgments |
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| Foreword |
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| Introduction |
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1 St. Luke (First Century AD): The Most Widely Read Physician |
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2 Dante Alighieri (1265--1321): Physician of the Soul |
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9 | (12) |
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3 Nicolaus Copernicus (1473--1543): Celestial Physician |
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21 | (12) |
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4 John Locke (1632--1704): Philosopher and Political Theorist |
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33 | (14) |
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5 Hans Sloane (1660--1753): The Ultimate Collector |
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47 | (8) |
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6 Thomas Dover (1660--1742): Buccaneer on the High Seas |
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55 | (10) |
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7 Physician Patriots: The Doctors Who Signed the American Declaration of Independence: Josiah Bartlett (1729--1795), Lyman Hall (1724--1790), Benjamin Rush (1745--1813), Matthew Thornton (1714--1803), and Oliver Wolcott (1726--1797) |
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65 | (18) |
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8 Mungo Park (1771--1806): Explorer of West Africa |
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83 | (10) |
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9 Thomas Young (1773--1829): The Smartest Person Ever? |
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93 | (12) |
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10 Peter Mark Roget (1779--1869): And His Thesaurus |
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105 | (10) |
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11 John Keats (1795--1821): Romantic Poet |
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115 | (10) |
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12 Abraham Gesner (1797--1864): Father of the Petroleum Industry |
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125 | (10) |
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13 Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809--1894): Writer and Philosopher |
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135 | (12) |
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14 David Livingstone (1813--1873): Explorer of Africa |
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147 | (16) |
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15 Alexander Borodin (1834--1887): Russian Composer |
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163 | (8) |
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16 William Chester Minor (1834--1920): Murderer and Maestro of Words |
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171 | (10) |
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17 John Henry "Doc" Holliday (1851--1887): Tombstone Legend |
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181 | (12) |
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18 John Harvey Kellogg (1852--1943): Of Cereal Fame |
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193 | (12) |
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19 Arthur Conan Doyle (1859--1930): Creator of Sherlock Holmes |
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205 | (10) |
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20 Anton Chekhov (1860--1904): Russian Writer |
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215 | (10) |
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21 Leonard Wood (1860--1927): Controversial Military Leader |
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225 | (12) |
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22 Sun Yat-sen (1866--1925): Reformer and Revolutionary |
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237 | (14) |
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23 Edward Wilson (1872--1912): Antarctic Explorer, Painter, and Naturalist |
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251 | (10) |
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24 W. Somerset Maugham (1874--1965): Teller of Tales |
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261 | (14) |
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25 Albert Schweitzer (1875--1965): Organist, Theologian, Nobel Laureate |
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275 | (10) |
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26 Archibald Joseph (A. J.) Cronin (1896--1981): Best-selling Novelist |
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285 | (10) |
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27 Jules Stein (1896--1981): Visionary Extraordinaire |
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295 | (10) |
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28 Armand Hammer (1898--1990): Entrepeneur, Citizen-Diplomat, Philanthropist |
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305 | (12) |
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29 Henry Stallard (1901--1973): The Paris Olympics, and 1924 Chariots of Fire |
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317 | (12) |
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30 Boyd Neel (1905--1981): Medicine or Music? |
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329 | (6) |
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31 Ernesto "Che" Guevara (1928--1967): Iconic Revolutionary |
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335 | (14) |
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32 Roger Bannister (1929): The First Four-Minute Mile |
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349 | (12) |
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33 Graham Chapman (1941--1989): From Medicine to Monty Python |
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361 | (10) |
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34 Abraham Verghese (1955): His Own Countries, His Own Profession |
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371 | (12) |
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35 Khaled Hosseini (1965--): Acclaimed Novelist and Humanitarian |
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383 | (14) |
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Medical Students Who Did Not Complete Their Studies |
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395 | (2) |
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36 Roald Amundsen (1872--1928): Polar Explorer |
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397 | (6) |
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37 Friedrich "Fritz" Kreisler (1875--1962): Violinist and Composer |
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403 | (6) |
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38 Lu Xun (1881--1936): The Pen Is Mightier Than the Scalpel |
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409 | (6) |
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| Appendix 1 Who Could Have Been Chosen? |
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415 | (16) |
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| Appendix 2 Selected Physicians from Thomas Monro's Collection of More Than 500 Who Were Noted for Their Achievements Outside of Medicine |
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431 | (18) |
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| Index |
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| About the Contributors |
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