From scalpel to spade : a surgeon's road to Ithaka /
Van Langenberg, Arthur,
From scalpel to spade : a surgeon's road to Ithaka / Arthur van Langenberg. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
Half title page -- Other Works by the Author -- Full title page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Frontisplece -- Contents -- Foreword by Professor Chow Shew Ping -- Foreword by Dr Kwan Po Yuen (in English and Chinese) -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Part I. The World of Medicine -- 1. A Day in the Life of a Surgeon -- 2. What is a Surgeon? A Bit of History -- 3. Medical School -- 4. The Clinical Years -- 5. Call Me Doctor -- 6. Training to be a Surgeon -- 7. Swinging London -- 8. Liverpool -- 9. Murder Most Foul -- 10. Return to Academe -- 11. Emergencies -- 12. Burnout 13. Teacher and Students -- Part II. Home and Heritage -- 14. Reading, Writing and Arithmetic -- 15. The World of Books -- 16. Heritage, Language and Identity -- 17. Fusion Food: The Ties that Bind -- 18. Our Furry Friends -- 19. The Sea, the Sea -- 20. A Tree Grows in Shouson Hill -- Part III. Doctors and Patients -- 21. Private Practice -- 22. Limitations in Private Practice -- 23. The Canossian Sisters and Their Hospital -- 24. The Reluctant Superintendent -- 25. The Archbishop -- 26. The Consul -- 27. Ho Mui the Fisherwoman -- 28. Russia: In Search of a New Stapler 29. Sidewalk Consultations and Good Samaritans -- 30. Doctors as Patients -- 31. Relatives and Friends -- 33. The Unkindest Cut of All -- 34. A Personal Crisis -- 35. Everybody's Little Problem -- 36. Variations on a Theme of Identity -- 37. The Surgeon as Counsellor -- 38. Diet and Wellness -- 39. The Writing Bug Bites -- 40. From Scalpel to Spade -- 41. The Medical Museum Garden -- 42. The Surgeon/Gardener Link -- 43. Identity Revealed -- 44. Nature's Cycle -- 45. Responsible Living -- 46. A Day in the Life of a Gardener -- Appendix: Sartorial Considerations for the Gardener
9882378811 9789882378810
Van Langenberg, Arthur.
Surgeons--Biography.
Gardeners--Biography.
Electronic Books.
RD27 / .F766 2021
From scalpel to spade : a surgeon's road to Ithaka / Arthur van Langenberg. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
Half title page -- Other Works by the Author -- Full title page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Frontisplece -- Contents -- Foreword by Professor Chow Shew Ping -- Foreword by Dr Kwan Po Yuen (in English and Chinese) -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Part I. The World of Medicine -- 1. A Day in the Life of a Surgeon -- 2. What is a Surgeon? A Bit of History -- 3. Medical School -- 4. The Clinical Years -- 5. Call Me Doctor -- 6. Training to be a Surgeon -- 7. Swinging London -- 8. Liverpool -- 9. Murder Most Foul -- 10. Return to Academe -- 11. Emergencies -- 12. Burnout 13. Teacher and Students -- Part II. Home and Heritage -- 14. Reading, Writing and Arithmetic -- 15. The World of Books -- 16. Heritage, Language and Identity -- 17. Fusion Food: The Ties that Bind -- 18. Our Furry Friends -- 19. The Sea, the Sea -- 20. A Tree Grows in Shouson Hill -- Part III. Doctors and Patients -- 21. Private Practice -- 22. Limitations in Private Practice -- 23. The Canossian Sisters and Their Hospital -- 24. The Reluctant Superintendent -- 25. The Archbishop -- 26. The Consul -- 27. Ho Mui the Fisherwoman -- 28. Russia: In Search of a New Stapler 29. Sidewalk Consultations and Good Samaritans -- 30. Doctors as Patients -- 31. Relatives and Friends -- 33. The Unkindest Cut of All -- 34. A Personal Crisis -- 35. Everybody's Little Problem -- 36. Variations on a Theme of Identity -- 37. The Surgeon as Counsellor -- 38. Diet and Wellness -- 39. The Writing Bug Bites -- 40. From Scalpel to Spade -- 41. The Medical Museum Garden -- 42. The Surgeon/Gardener Link -- 43. Identity Revealed -- 44. Nature's Cycle -- 45. Responsible Living -- 46. A Day in the Life of a Gardener -- Appendix: Sartorial Considerations for the Gardener
9882378811 9789882378810
Van Langenberg, Arthur.
Surgeons--Biography.
Gardeners--Biography.
Electronic Books.
RD27 / .F766 2021