This book tells the quintessentially American story of Billings and his achievements in gripping fashion, with glimpses of his defects as well as his virtues.
“ . . . every reader interested in the subject will appreciate the book with its sidelights on historical events, its many illustrations, and its index.” —Gesnerus
“Carleton Chapman (and his ever-supportive wife) devoted ten arduous years to mastering the mountains of Billing’s work and to appreciating the alpine personality that defined the life of John Shaw Billings. The result is a magnificent tribute to this remarkable surgeon and to Chapman who has left us such a worthy and fascinating Memoir.” —Annals of Surgery
“This is a well-written biography which will hold wide appeal to myriad audiences.” —Nursing History Review
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