The Prosector - A. Lee MD Dellon

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Résumé :
When a beloved family member suffers a crippling burn which no one in Germany in 1900 can heal, young Olevia Landsmann begins her quest to help him. Her journey takes her to America where against all odds she is accepted into the new Johns Hopkins school of Medicine. Battling extreme prejudice against women from establishment doctors and the legal profession she fights to do groundbreaking research on cadavers, discovering new surgical procedures that could eliminate pain. With the help and love of those close to her she proves the hard won secrets of the dead can save the living. In the process of healing others she heals her own emotional wounds.

Biographie:
A. Lee Dellon, MD, PhD graduated from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, completed his Plastic Surgery residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital in 1978, and was a central figure in developing the specialty of Peripheral Nerve Surgery. He began the Dellon Institutes for Peripheral Nerve Surgery, and has won research prizes in Anatomy, Immunobiology, Neural Regeneration, and Treatment of Chronic Nerve Compression. He retired from surgery in 2022. He has written five surgical texts in use worldwide. THE PROSECTOR is his first novel.

Sommaire:
When a beloved family member suffers a crippling burn which no one in Germany in 1900 can heal, young Olevia Landsmann begins her quest to help him. Her journey takes her to America where against all odds she is accepted into the new Johns Hopkins school of Medicine. Battling extreme prejudice against women from establishment doctors and the legal profession she fights to do groundbreaking research on cadavers, discovering new surgical procedures that could eliminate pain. With the help and love of those close to her she proves the hard won secrets of the dead can save the living. In the process of healing others she heals her own emotional wounds....