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03459aam a2200493 i 4500 001 37B834707DE911E984ED0E2C97128E48 003 SILO 005 20190524010021 008 180313t20182018nyua b 000 0 eng c 010 $a 2018012149 020 $a 1633884333 020 $a 9781633884335 035 $a (OCoLC)1029071461 040 $a DNLM/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d NLM $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d PNX $d TOH $d YDX $d OCLCO $d YDX $d IUL $d OCLCO $d B@L $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d OCLCA $d CHVBK $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 04 $a R690 $b .S39 2018 060 00 $a 2018 H-265 060 10 $a WZ 112 082 00 $a 610.69/5 $2 23 100 1 $a Schwartz, Seymour I., $d 1928- $e author. 245 10 $a From medicine to manuscript : $b doctors with a literary legacy / $c Seymour I. Schwartz. 264 1 $a Amherst, New York : $b Prometheus Books, $c 2018. 300 $a 375 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 520 $a "An eminent surgeon, who has written books on the history of medicine and cartography, profiles physicians past and present who have also published works in the humanities. Throughout history doctors have felt the need to express themselves in prose and poetry, often on subjects far removed from their medical interests. Renowned surgeon Seymour I. Schwartz felt this same compulsion to write and eventually decided to investigate other authors with a background in medicine. The result is this informative and entertaining compilation of biographical profiles spanning the Middle Ages to the present era. In many cases, literary fame has eclipsed memory of these authors' medical expertise: Most people today talk about Maimonides, Rabelais, Locke, Schiller, Keats, Conan Doyle, and Chekhov because of their literary works, not because they practiced medicine. But the lesser-known individuals are just as interesting in many ways: such people as Cadwallader Colden, the loyalist lieutenant governor of New York during the American Revolution, who wrote the first English history of the Iroquois; Margaret Georgina Todd, author of popular novels in the Victorian era, which promoted the idea of women in medicine; and Rudolph John Chauncey Fisher, who was not only a physician, researcher, and radiologist, but played a role in the Harlem Renaissance as an orator, musician, musical arranger, and literary figure. Concluding with profiles of contemporary doctors who are also respected authors, this diverse collection shows that, despite increasing specialization, medicine and the humanities continue to complement each other to enrich our lives"--Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Physicians 650 0 $a Authorship 650 12 $a Physicians 650 22 $a Authorship 650 22 $a Middle Ages $x History 650 22 $a History, Early Modern 1451-1600. 650 22 $a History, Modern 1601-. 650 7 $a Authorship $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00822442 650 7 $a Physicians $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01062841 650 7 $a Arzt $2 gnd 650 7 $a Schriftsteller. $2 gnd 655 2 $a Biography 655 7 $a Biographies $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Biographies $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919896 776 08 $i Online version: $a Schwartz, Seymour I., 1928- $t From medicine to manuscript. $d Amherst, New York : Prometheus Books, 2018 $z 9781633884342 $w (DLC) 2018013529 941 $a 1 952 $l GAAX314 $d 20190524010209.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=37B834707DE911E984ED0E2C97128E48 994 $a Z0 $b HL6Initiate Another SILO Locator Search