physicians

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physicians

C. Everett Koop

the health of the nation
1992
A biography of President Reagan's Surgeon General, a previously titular position which Dr. Koop used to inform Americans about such controversial issues as AIDS, smoking, and abortion.

I will be a doctor!

the story of America's first woman physician
1983
A biography of the first woman doctor emphasizing the hardships she endured in becoming a doctor and in practicing medicine.

Sharon Oehler, pediatrician

1991
Portrays the everyday life of a hard-working pediatrician who is also a busy mother raising a family.

The hunt club

1999
Fifteen-year-old Huger Dillard from the Lowcountry of South Carolina gets caught up in several mysteries when he and his blind uncle discover a headless corpse at the Hungry Neck Hunt Club.

Madame Bovary

1965
Presents an annotated edition of Flaubert's novel about a nineteenth-century French woman who pursues her romantic dreams through a series of lovers; and includes backgrounds and sources, and a selection of critical essays.

Dear Dr. Sillybear

1997
Despite some misunderstandings and with the help of his trusty nurse, Dr. Sillybear manages to treat an assortment of animal patients.

Poor Monty

1991
Although Monty's mother, tired from her long day of work as a doctor, wants to put up her feet and rest, he is not feeling well and needs her both as a mom and as a doctor.

Auschwitz

a doctor's eyewitness account
2011
Dr. Miklos Nyiszli, a Jewish doctor imprisoned at Auschwitz, tells of his experiences serving under Josef Mengele, during which he was forced to perform experiments and autopsies on fellow inmates and treated the Sonderkommando, Jewish prisoners who were routinely executed after four months of forced labor in the crematoria.

Dr. Mary Edwards Walker

Civil War surgeon & medal of honor recipient
2010
Examines the life and career of Civil War surgeon Dr. Mary Edwards Walker, one of the first female physicians in the United States.

Charles Richard Drew, M.D.

1991
A biography of the noted physician, focusing on his discovery of methods for separating plasma from blood.

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