Across the Red Line: Stories from the Surgical Life by Richard C. Karl Across the Red Line: Stories from the Surgical Life Books written by medical doctors tend to be narrow in scope, often autobiographical and are mostly interesting only to people in the medical profession. Although the general public has a curiosity about the profession and its practitioners very few such works fulfill their promise. Dr Karl has succe...read more...
Blueprints Medicine (Blueprints Series) by Vincent B Young William A Kormos Davoren A Chick Allan H Goroll Who was the moron who edited this book? This book is absolutely rife with grammatical and spelling errors. If poor editing (or, more likely in this case, NO editing) bothers you, do NOT buy this book, as you will be too distracted by the numerous errors to concentrate on the content. Here are some of the more blatant examples from chapt...read more...
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The House of God: The Classic Novel of Life and Death in an American Hospital by Samuel Shem Interesting and troubling I work as a database guy at a med school. One of the doctors recommended this to give me "further background". Apparently it's recommended reading for all aspiring MD's. Another of the docs I work with came from the environment mentioned in the book - with some obfuscation.
Canon PowerShot Pro Series S5 IS 8.0MP Digital Camera with 12x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom S5 Used it for a year dropped it and flash is not working now otherwise camera is working. Now got SX1 far better than this one. Can tell a big difference.read more...