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Clarke R. S. J (Richard Samuel Jessop) |
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A surgeon's century : the life of Sir Ian Fraser DSO FRCS / / by Richard Clarke |
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Belfast : , : Ulster Historical Foundation, , 2004 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (284 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Surgeons - Northern Ireland |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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A Surgeon's Century: The Life of Sir Ian Fraser; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; list of Illustration; Foreword; Introduction and Acknowledgments; 1. Antecedents; 2. School and university; 3. Surgical training and early years; 4. The Second World War - service in a bchapter00water; 5. Penicillin - North Africa and Italy; 6. Normandy; 7. India; 8. Return from the war; 9. Honours and organizations outside the hospitals; 10. Ian Fraser as writer and lecturer; 11. Growing old; Appendix 1: Published writings of Sir Ian Fraser; Appendix 2: Medals, decorations and honours |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Ulster has produced an impressive number of surgeons who have gained world-wide renown. None has been more celebrated, or more deserving of a biography than Sir Ian Fraser whose life spanned almost the whole of the 20th century. Following a brillant university career, Fraser's training occupied most of the inter-war years. As with most innovatory surgeons, his career really flourished in war-time conditions. During the Second World War, he was at the forefront of the early field trials of a drug that would benefit the whole of mankind - penecillin - first, in the crucial allied victory in N |
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