Dr. Arthur Spohn - Surgeon, Inventor, and Texas Medical Pioneer

In this first comprehensive biography of Dr. Arthur Edward Spohn, Jane Clements Monday, Frances Brannen Vick, and Charles W. Monday Jr illuminate the remarkable nineteenth-century story of a trailblazing physician who helped to modernize the practice of medicine in Texas. This biography of a medical pioneer recreates the medical, regional, and family worlds in which Spohn moved.

About the author

JANE CLEMENTS MONDAY is the author of numerous books and coauthor, with Frances Brannen Vick, of award-winning Petra's Legacy: The South Texas Ranching Empire of Petra Vela and Mifflin Kenedy and Letters to Alice: Birth of the Kleberg-King Ranch Dynasty. She has served as chair of the Texas State University System Board of Regents and mayor of Huntsville, Texas. She resides in Huntsville. FRANCES BRANNEN VICK is the author or coauthor of numerous books, including Petra's Legacy and Letters to Alice. She founded E-Heart Press and cofounded the University of North Texas Press. Vick has served as president of the Texas Institute of Letters, the Texas State Historical Association, and the Philosophical Society of Texas. She resides in Dallas. CHARLES W. MONDAY JR. holds an MD from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and practices general surgery in the Huntsville area.

Summary

In this first comprehensive biography of Dr. Arthur Edward Spohn, Jane Clements Monday, Frances Brannen Vick, and Charles W. Monday Jr illuminate the remarkable nineteenth-century story of a trailblazing physician who helped to modernize the practice of medicine in Texas. This biography of a medical pioneer recreates the medical, regional, and family worlds in which Spohn moved.

Product details

• Authors: Charles W. Monday, Jane Clements Monday, Frances Brannen Vick
• Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2018
• EAN: 9781623496906
• ISBN: 978-1-62349-690-6
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 241 mm x 38 mm
• Weight: 784 g
• Series: Gulf Coast Books, Sponsored by; Gulf Coast Books, Sponsored by Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi; Gulf Coast Books, Sponsored by; Gulf Coast Books, Sponsored by Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous