A surgeon's century : the life of Sir Ian Fraser DSO FRCS / by Richard Clarke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clarke, R. S. J. (Richard Samuel Jessop), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fraser, Ian, Sir, 1901-1999.

Fraser, Ian.

Surgeons--Northern Ireland--Biography.

Surgeons.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (284 p.)

Place of Publication:

Belfast : Ulster Historical Foundation, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Sources and referencesIndex

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-908448-41-5