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From scalpel to spade : a surgeon's road to Ithaka / Arthur van Langenberg.
LIBRA RD27.35.V36 A3 2021
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Van Langenberg, Arthur, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Surgeons--Biography.
- Surgeons.
- Gardeners.
- Gardeners--Biography.
- Van Langenberg, Arthur.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Electronic books.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Hong Kong : The Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2021]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 01, 2021).
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 9789882378810
- 9882378811
- OCLC:
- 1264651216
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