Bibliograph

Nobility in small things, a surgeon's path, Craig R. Smith, M.D

Type

Label

Nobility in small things, a surgeon's path, Craig R. Smith, M.D

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Nobility in small things

Responsibility statement

Craig R. Smith, M.D

Sub title

a surgeon's path

Summary

"The celebrated cardio-thoracic surgeon at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York City, writes an elegant story of life in the land of illness and daily miracles"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Prologue -- 1: Making steel. Raw material -- Coal handling -- Making coke -- 2: Compass drift. Williamstown -- The farm -- Hanover -- Distractions -- Reorienting -- Behavioral psychology lab -- Insight -- 3: White River Junction. Reemployed -- Heights -- Before the mast -- Bull and jam -- Chiff -- Countrymen -- The flood -- 4: Medical school. Stell -- Coasting -- 5: Making sausage. Rochester -- Roads not taken -- Columbia Presbyterian -- Thanksgiving -- 6: Hearts and lungs. High on the heights -- 7: Storms -- 8: Bypassing a president. Act one -- Act two -- Coda -- 9: Religion. Confirmation -- My young life -- Healing faith -- 10: Error and accountability. Error -- Accountability -- 11: Surging -- 12: Troubled waters. The faint roar ahead -- Social justice -- All in the family -- Dead nature -- A miracle denied -- 13: Prophecy. The bottom of the dam -- Scarce resources -- 14: Discarded gods -- 15: Team science -- 16: River view. Foreboding?

Target audience

adult

Classification