Auteur : Allan, Ted / Gordon, Sydney 1922-

Édition : Revised edition

Maison d'édition : McClelland and Stewart Limited

Date de publication : 1971

Collation : xv, 319 p.

ISBN : 0771001266

Notes : L'exemplaire de la bibliothèque contient des soulignements à l'encre et à la mine.

Langue : Anglais

Table des matières : 1. Death and birth -- 2. The enemy - Tuberculosis -- 3. The enemy - Fascism -- 4. The enemy - Those who make the wounds

Résumé : "Bethune was a unique Canadian, a unique human being, shaped by both his country and the contemporary world. He was truly a neo-Renaissance figure driven by the necessity to experience and enrich all of life," say the authors, in their introduction to the revised edition of the Scalpel, the Sword. Certainly there could be no more timely moment for the re-publishing of Bethune's exceptional story. We live in an era sadly lacking in human beings of truly heroic stature - and he was such a man. First winning international fames as a thoracic surgeon, he went on to become a great humanitarian whose renown spanned the world today, his name is still celebrated by millions of Chinese and Asians, by veterans of the Spanish Civil War, by medical men in all parts of the world, and by people of goodwill everywhere. This brilliant and moving account of his extraordinary lifetime was first published in 1952, and has since been translated into nineteen languages. The present edition includes both a new introduction and a new epilogue.

Mots-clés : Bethune, Norman, 1890-1939 / Chirurgiens - Canada - Biographies / Chirurgiens - Chine - Biographies / Chirurgiens - Espagne - Biographies

Cote : WZ 100 A418s 1971