A Doctor's Notes: A Resonant Book About the Path to Medicine, Which Has Become a Classic
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A Doctor's Notes: A Resonant Book About the Path to Medicine, Which Has Become a Classic
9.99 €
"I am an ordinary, average doctor, with an average mind and average knowledge; I am confused by contradictions, completely unable to resolve many of the difficult, urgent questions that confront me at every turn. My only advantage is that I have not yet become a professional, and that for me, the impressions to which one involuntarily becomes accustomed over time are still vivid and powerful."
These words belong to the outstanding Russian writer, author, translator, and physician, Vikenty Veresaev. His literary debut, "A Doctor's Notes," begins with a "confession" of his own imperfection, and therein lies the book's charm. It is full of confessions of impotence and hopes for success, descriptions of medical errors and miraculous rescues. The author discusses what a physician needs to conduct a successful practice, how to overcome the inevitable fatal mistakes made due to a lack of experience or the imperfect diagnostic tools of the time, and discusses the unenviable situation of ordinary people who lack the means to pay for private consultations and who become "benefits" for medical students. All of this makes "A Doctor's Notes" a uniquely honest chronicle of medical practice in Russia in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
These words belong to the outstanding Russian writer, author, translator, and physician, Vikenty Veresaev. His literary debut, "A Doctor's Notes," begins with a "confession" of his own imperfection, and therein lies the book's charm. It is full of confessions of impotence and hopes for success, descriptions of medical errors and miraculous rescues. The author discusses what a physician needs to conduct a successful practice, how to overcome the inevitable fatal mistakes made due to a lack of experience or the imperfect diagnostic tools of the time, and discusses the unenviable situation of ordinary people who lack the means to pay for private consultations and who become "benefits" for medical students. All of this makes "A Doctor's Notes" a uniquely honest chronicle of medical practice in Russia in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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