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The Memoirs of Allen Oldfather Whipple - The man behind the Whipple operation (Paperback, Illustrated Ed)
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The Memoirs of Allen Oldfather Whipple - The man behind the Whipple operation (Paperback, Illustrated Ed)
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To the abdominal surgeon a first successful Whipple procedure is
what a first combat mission is to the fighter pilot: a symbol of
competence -- the fruits of prolonged training. Not many surgeons
managed to incorporate their names into a commonly used eponym;
Allen Whipple did and so became immortalised as a household name to
surgeons world-wide. Yet, little has been known and written about
Whipple, the great American surgeon -- the person and his other
interests. This is what this book is about: an edited version of
Whipple's previously unpublished memories, which until now -- for
more than forty years -- has collected dust. In these pages the
retired Whipple describes the journey of his life from the very
beginning in Persia, where he was born, to the very end in New
Jersey where he died. He provides snap shots of himself, his family
and friends, his colleagues, and the changing times in which he
lived. The editors have abbreviated the original manuscript by a
third and have added footnotes and illustrations. An introduction
and 'end page' adds perspective to the memoirs. It has been said
"God put the pancreas in the back because he did not want surgeons
messing with it". Allen Whipple had the courage to mess with the
pancreas and to show us how to mess with it successfully. But what
kind of man was he and how did he arrive at his achievements? Find
out in this book.
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