From Scalpel to Spade

A Surgeon's Road to Ithaka

From Scalpel to Spade
Arthur Van Langenberg
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Hardback
h216 x 140mm - 250pg
27 Jan 2022 HK
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9789882372283
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The book is a recollection of significant events that steered the course of the author' s surgical career, citing reports of actual cases and operations that remain firmly in the consciousness. It encapsulates the author' s perspective of how medical practice deals with the grim reality of being sick, and how practice has evolved over the years. Dry humor appears from time to time to lighten the mood whenever it is needed. The author goes on to describe how his passion for gardening has provided balance throughout his life and enhanced his respect for Nature. In the subtitle to the book "A Surgeon' s Road to Ithaka," the author likens his life journey to Odysseus' s road to Ithaka, a metaphor for finally reaching a desired destination.
Arthur van Langenberg is well known among the gardeners in Hong Kong. However, they may not know how respected a surgeon he is, in particular his caring approach to patients. This book will give them a glimpse of the medical aspect of this seasoned gardener . . . The real? life stories that he has recorded are so captivating. I am sure that given Arthur' s writing skill, he could turn each story into a single volume. "" - Chow Shew Ping, Professor Emeritus, University of Hong Kong ""The real? life cases at the scalpel' s edge are riveting. Less dramatic but no less engaging are the episodes on what life was like when learning to master the scalpel and developing the clinical sense of when to wield it or not . . . Senior colleagues will surely recognise the characters in the book, with a smile. "" - Dr Rose Mak, Chairperson, Management Committee, Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences Society
Arthur van Langenberg has lived in Hong Kong all his life except for four years in Macau during World War II and two years in Britain undergoing medical training. He has practised surgery for some 50 years, first at the Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong, and then in private practice. His lifelong interest in reading and gardening has helped him morph from surgeon to gardener and writer, finding fulfilment and a simpler way of life over the years. He is the author of Growing Your Own Food in Hong Kong (2014), Urban Gardening: A Hong Kong Gardener' s Journal (2005), and a regular contributor on gardening to various periodicals.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9789882372283
Published: 27 Jan 2022
Published In: Hong Kong
Imprint: The Chinese University Press
Publisher: The Chinese University Press
Format: Hardback
Height: 216mm
Width: 140mm
Spine: 15mm
Weight: 666g
Pages: 250

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