Harvest of Hope: The Pilgrimage of a Mexican-American PhysicianUniversity of Notre Dame Press, 1989 - 157 páginas An autobiography by a man born in Mexico who became a physician and ultimately President of the Chicago Board of Health. Besides his work in medicine, Prieto is a social activist striving for civil rights in Chicago and for the farmers union in California. No index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
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... saying that a child with diphtheria was likely to have such massive cervical adenitis that his neck would look like “ a bull's neck . " Remembering this , I asked the little boy to let me look at his throat . He opened his mouth and I ...
... saying that a child with diphtheria was likely to have such massive cervical adenitis that his neck would look like “ a bull's neck . " Remembering this , I asked the little boy to let me look at his throat . He opened his mouth and I ...
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... saying " Hi Doc . " He seemed always in a hurry , going to the operating rooms , to the wards , or to his clinics at Fantus . We seldom had time for a meal together , but his greeting always warmed my heart . His professional life was ...
... saying " Hi Doc . " He seemed always in a hurry , going to the operating rooms , to the wards , or to his clinics at Fantus . We seldom had time for a meal together , but his greeting always warmed my heart . His professional life was ...
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... saying to that bewildered sophomore : " You can only improve . " And I real- ized that my life had come full circle since that summer after- noon in 1943 when I was resting near the window of the Mis- sion House and overheard another ...
... saying to that bewildered sophomore : " You can only improve . " And I real- ized that my life had come full circle since that summer after- noon in 1943 when I was resting near the window of the Mis- sion House and overheard another ...
Contenido
At the Beginning | 1 |
The Year of the Internship | 43 |
The Early Years | 63 |
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Harvest of Hope: The Pilgrimage of a Mexican-American Physician Jorge Prieto Vista de fragmentos - 1989 |
Harvest of Hope: The Pilgrimage of a Mexican-American Physician Jorge Prieto Vista de fragmentos - 1989 |
Harvest of Hope: The Pilgrimage of a Mexican-American Physician Jorge Prieto Sin vista previa disponible - 1990 |
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