, CONTENTS
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, Foreword (Howard Dean, MD)
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, Acknowledgements (David K.C. Cooper)
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, Table of Contents
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, List of Illustrations
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, Introduction (David K.C. Cooper)
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Chapter 1
, St. Luke (1st century AD) -- The Most Widely-Read Physician (T. Jock Murray)
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Chapter 2
, Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) -- Physician of the Soul (James E. Bailey)
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Chapter 3
, Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543) -- Celestial Physician (Michael E. Moran)
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Chapter 4
, John Locke (1632-1704) -- Philosopher and Political Theorist (Barry Silverman)
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Chapter 5
, Hans Sloane (1660-1753) -- The Ultimate Collector (Paul Berman)
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Chapter 6
, Thomas Dover (1660-1742) -- Buccaneer on the High Seas (David K.C. Cooper)
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Chapter 7
, Physician Patriots -- The Doctors Who Signed the American Declaration of Independence: Josiah Bartlett (1729-1795), Lyman Hall (1724-1790), Benjamin Rush (1745-1813), Matthew Thornton (1714-1803), Oliver Wolcott (1726-1797) (James R. Johnston)
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Chapter 8
, Mungo Park (1771-1806) -- Explorer of West Africa (Robert P. Turk)
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Chapter 9
, Thomas Young (1773-1829) -- The Smartest Person Ever? (Michael E. Moran)
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Chapter 10
, Peter Mark Roget (1779-1869) -- And His Thesaurus (T. Jock Murray)
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Chapter 11
, John Keats (1795-1821) -- Romantic Poet (Joseph B. VanderVeer Jr.)
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Chapter 12
, Abraham Gesner (1797-1864) -- Father of the Petroleum Industry (T. Jock Murray)
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Chapter 13
, Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894) -- Writer and Philosopher (Charles S. Bryan)
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Chapter 14
, David Livingstone (1813-1873) -- Explorer of Africa (Mabel L. Purkerson)
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Chapter 15
, Alexander Borodin (1834-1887) -- Russian Composer (Paul Berman)
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Chapter 16
, William Chester Minor (1834-1920) -- Murderer and Maestro of Words (Clyde Partin)
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Chapter 17
, John Henry "Doc" Holliday (1851-1887) -- Tombstone Legend (Sandra W. Moss)
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Chapter 18
, John Harvey Kellogg (1852-1943) -- Of Cereal Fame (J. Gordon Frierson)
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Chapter 19
, Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) -- Creator of Sherlock Holmes (James G. Ravin)
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Chapter 20
, Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) -- Russian Writer (Joseph B. VanderVeer Jr.)
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Chapter 21
, Leonard Wood (1860-1927) -- Controversial Military Leader (J. Gordon Frierson and Daniel Morgan)
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Chapter 22
, Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925) -- Reformer and Revolutionary (J. Gordon Frierson)
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Chapter 23
, Edward Wilson (1872-1912) -- Antarctic Explorer, Painter, and Naturalist (Jessie L. Ternberg)
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Chapter 24
, W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) -- Teller of Tales (Angela Nicholls)
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Chapter 25
, Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965) -- Organist, Theologian, and Nobel Laureate (J. Michael Fuller)
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Chapter 26
, Archibald Joseph (A. J.) Cronin (1896-1981) -- Best-selling Novelist (Peter E. Dans)
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Chapter 27
, Jules Stein (1896-1981) -- Visionary Extraordinaire (Rob H. Stone and Marvin J. Stone)
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Chapter 28
, Armand Hammer (1898-1990) -- Businessman Extraordinaire (David K.C. Cooper)
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Chapter 29
, Henry Stallard (1901-1973) -- The 1924 Paris Olympics and Chariots of Fire (John D. Bullock)
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Chapter 30
, Boyd Neel (1905-1981) -- Medicine or Music? (C. Peter W. Warren)
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Chapter 31
, Ernesto "Che" Guevara (1928-1967) -- Iconic Revolutionary (Amy L. Cooper)
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Chapter 32
, Roger Bannister (1929- ) -- The Four-minute Mile (David K.C. Cooper)
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Chapter 33
, Graham Chapman (1941-1989) -- From Medicine to Monty Python (David Cooper)
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Chapter 34
, Abraham Verghese (1955- ) -- His Own Countries, His Own Profession (Joseph W. Lella)
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Chapter 35
, Khaled Hosseini (1965- ) -- Novelist and Humanitarian (Joseph W. Lella)
Medical students who did not complete their studies
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Chapter 36
, Roald Amundsen (1872-1928) -- Polar Explorer (J. Michael Fuller)
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Chapter 37
, Friedrich "Fritz" Kreisler (1875-1962) -- Violinist and Composer (J. Michael Fuller)
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Chapter 38
, Lu Xun (1881-1936) -- The Pen Is Mightier Than the Scalpel (C. Peter W. Warren)
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Appendix 1
, Who Could Have Been Chosen? (David K.C. Cooper)
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Appendix 2
, Selected Physicians from Thomas Monro's Collection of More Than Five- hundred Who Were Noted for Their Achievements Outside of Medicine (David K.C. Cooper)
About the Contributors
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