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Careers in Anesthesiology: The Joy in Volunteering, Volume XI, 2008.
Edited by Donald Caton and Kathryn E. McGoldrick.
CAREERS XI, the final volume in the series, tells the altruistic stories of eight anesthesiologists who gave their time and energy to benefit others and the communities within and outside their professional and personal confines.
Their stories take the reader from Africa to the frozen tundra of northern Canada to Central Asia. One was called to collect and channel medical equipment to needy foreign communities. Another turned to elected office to serve in municipal government. Two raised financial resources to restore a prominent public monument symbolic of anesthesia. Another helped to save a teaching program threatened by a disastrous natural calamity. Lastly, a long-standing family tradition of volunteering shaped a noble, giving spirit to serve in non-profit institutions within, and beyond, the realm of anesthesiology.
In full display here is anesthesiology voluntarism as a noble repayment to society. It is a joy to read these stories of giving, which are an inspiration for young physicians who may choose to do likewise.
ISBN: 1-889595-17-9
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Sykes K; Bunker J, Contributing Editor. Anaesthesia and the Practice of Medicine: Historical Perspectives. London: Royal Society of Medicine Press, 2007.
Written by two anaesthetists, one British and one American, this unique book focuses on the transatlantic story of anaesthesia. The authors have both worked at the two hospitals where the first general anaesthetics for surgery were given in 1846, Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts and University College Hospital, London. Each with more than fifty years’ experience of working in anaesthesia, they combine their knowledge and expertise to offer a fresh outlook on the development of anaesthesia through the ages. This highly informative and intriguing text details the origins of anaesthesia, outlines the different techniques of anaesthesia and traces its progress with illuminating and enlightening commentaries.
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Internationally known anesthesiologist and water colorist, LEROY DAVID VANDAM, M.D., 1914-2004, fondly referred to as LDV, requires no introduction in the medical community. His gifts as a watercolorist are well represented by the Vandam paintings. Now, the life story of Dr. Vandam, from his childhood to his legendary professional career, has been chronicled by his son, architect Samuel W. Van Dam, with copious illustrations never before published.
As the title suggests, half of this book documents LVD’s life and career; the other half features his artistry of seven decades, from 1934 to 2004. Dr. Vandam was proud of his artistic accomplishments and confident of his medical expertise. He fondly correlates the creative process of painting with knowledge, judgment and expertise needed for clinical decision-making. This book highlights the rich life, distinguished career and accomplished avocation of this unique anesthesiologist/watercolorist. Mr. Van Dam wrote this book in memory of his beloved father, and also for an altruistic cause: The entire proceeds of the sale of this book, go to charity. Eighty percent of proceeds benefit the Cambodian Arts and Scholarship Foundation, which supports educating hundreds of at-risk Cambodian children from elementary school through the university level. The remaining 20 percent of the proceeds will be donated to the Wood Library-Museum, on which LDV had been a Board trustee. All copies available are autographed by Mr. Van Dam.
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