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Edition: Paperback:
568 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.51 x 9.18 x 6.02
Publisher: Beckman Publications Group, (November 2002)
ISBN: 0931761751
Price: $19.95
Shipping & Handling: $3.99
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There weren't many
jobs available during the Depression -- even for college graduates.
Colter Rule was happy to tutor a wealthy family's sons, even creating
incentives to make their study as palatable as possible. When the
grateful father asked Rule what he might do to help him, the young man
was surprised to hear himself say he'd like to go to medical school. So
he did. |
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With that candid
admission, 91-year-old Dr. Rule's autobiography follows a long and
winding path to his development into a distinguished psychiatrist and
researcher. Though childhood polio left him with emotional as well as
physical scars, he was blessed with a bright mind, an agreeable
personality and an ability to write with humor and amazing detail. |
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It was as an intern at
Cincinnati General Hospital that he discovered he genuinely enjoyed
helping patients. He also learned that people who couldn't (wouldn't)
pay a traffic fine got thrown into jail. The event became front-page
news as the public found out that the $500 stipend interns were
"paid" never saw their pockets; it went directly back to the
hospital to pay for room and board. Rule became the interns' hero; they
demanded better treatment, and got it. |
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Among
other tales: Creating Siamese-twin rats for early hypertension studies.
Witnessing the first use of drugs that could destroy germs without
harming patients. Working alongside Nobel Prize winners and world-famous
scientists at the "stuffy" Rockefeller Institute. Observing
Dr. Helen Taussig, who could diagnose a child's cardiac condition
through her gentle touch. |
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