Dr. Arthur Spohn
Surgeon, Inventor, and Texas Medical Pioneer
Will be published approx. on 30. August 2018
Book
Hardback
352 pages
978-1-62349-690-6 (ISBN)
Description
In this first comprehensive biography of Dr. Arthur Edward Spohn, authors Jane Clements Monday, Frances Brannen Vick, and Charles W. Monday Jr., MD, illuminate the remarkable nineteenth-century story of a trailblazing physician who helped to modernize the practice of medicine in Texas.
Arthur Spohn was unusually innovative for the time and exceptionally dedicated to improving medical care. Among his many surgical innovations was the development of a specialized tourniquet for "bloodless operations" that was later adopted as a field instrument by militaries throughout the world. To this day, he holds the world record for the removal of the largest tumor-328 pounds-from a patient who fully recovered.
Recognizing the need for modern medical care in South Texas, Spohn, with the help of Alice King, raised funds to open the first hospital in Corpus Christi. Today, his name and institutional legacy live on in the region through the Christus Spohn Health System, the largest hospital system in South Texas. This biography of a medical pioneer recreates for readers the medical, regional, and family worlds in which Spohn moved, making it an important contribution not only to the history of South Texas but also to the history of modern medicine.
Arthur Spohn was unusually innovative for the time and exceptionally dedicated to improving medical care. Among his many surgical innovations was the development of a specialized tourniquet for "bloodless operations" that was later adopted as a field instrument by militaries throughout the world. To this day, he holds the world record for the removal of the largest tumor-328 pounds-from a patient who fully recovered.
Recognizing the need for modern medical care in South Texas, Spohn, with the help of Alice King, raised funds to open the first hospital in Corpus Christi. Today, his name and institutional legacy live on in the region through the Christus Spohn Health System, the largest hospital system in South Texas. This biography of a medical pioneer recreates for readers the medical, regional, and family worlds in which Spohn moved, making it an important contribution not only to the history of South Texas but also to the history of modern medicine.
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Language
English
Place of publication
College Station
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
78 black & white photographs, Map
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 38 mm
Weight
784 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-62349-690-6 (9781623496906)
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Jane Clements Monday is the author of numerous books and coauthor, with Frances Brannen Vick, of award-winning Petra's Legacy: The South Texas Ranching Empire of Petra Vela and Mifflin Kenedy and Letters to Alice: Birth of the Kleberg-King Ranch Dynasty. She has served as chair of the Texas State University System Board of Regents and mayor of Huntsville, Texas. She resides in Huntsville.
Frances Brannen Vick is the author or coauthor of numerous books, including Petra's Legacy and Letters to Alice. She founded E-Heart Press and cofounded the University of North Texas Press. Vick has served as president of the Texas Institute of Letters, the Texas State Historical Association, and the Philosophical Society of Texas. She resides in Dallas.
Charles W. Monday Jr holds an MD from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and practices general surgery in the Huntsville area.
Frances Brannen Vick is the author or coauthor of numerous books, including Petra's Legacy and Letters to Alice. She founded E-Heart Press and cofounded the University of North Texas Press. Vick has served as president of the Texas Institute of Letters, the Texas State Historical Association, and the Philosophical Society of Texas. She resides in Dallas.
Charles W. Monday Jr holds an MD from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and practices general surgery in the Huntsville area.