Edmund Michael van Buskirk

Daughter, Doctor, Resurrectionist (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

A scandalous account of medical training in late 19th century Fort Wayne, Indiana- as told by a descendant of a physician caught up in the act. Author Van Buskirk untangles and pulls apart complicated narratives, then weaves them into a compelling story of family, scandal, and an appalling history that lurks on the "e;dark fringes of medicine.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: White River Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. November 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781887043595
• Artikelnr.: 59630157

Autorenporträt

Michael Van Buskirk, born in Lafayette, Indiana in 1941, received an A.B in 1963 and A.M. in 1964 degrees in Anthropology from Harvard University and a Doctor of Medicine from Boston University in 1968. Dr. Van Buskirk retired in 2004 from a distinguished academic career in ophthalmology with some 200 research publications including four books about glaucoma. He founded, in 1991, The Journal of Glaucoma, which he edited for 15 years, writing bi-monthly editorials on a variety of healthcare topics. He has received numerous awards and honorary lectureships over five continents including that of Distinguished Alumnus from the Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School in 2007. This is Van Buskirk's first genealogically oriented book.