tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458341.post5946227670315526054..comments2024-01-06T10:36:04.084-05:00Comments on A Commonplace Blog: Five Books of doctorsD. G. Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10659136455045567825noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458341.post-28424647946928847592009-12-24T14:56:36.235-05:002009-12-24T14:56:36.235-05:00"Tender is the Night", maybe? Fitzgerald..."Tender is the Night", maybe? Fitzgerald's fiction through that period, intermittent as it is, is filled with doctors, for obvious reasons.danuphttp://www.vivaelbirdos.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458341.post-59787911810411649632009-12-24T14:30:52.429-05:002009-12-24T14:30:52.429-05:00What are the most neglected books of the last deca...What are the most neglected books of the last decade?DBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458341.post-17878469651173993952009-12-24T13:59:44.722-05:002009-12-24T13:59:44.722-05:00Is there some database that lists books by topic?
...<i>Is there some database that lists books by topic?</i><br /><br />Yeah, my memory.D. G. Myershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10659136455045567825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458341.post-33698389620712650162009-12-24T13:52:19.855-05:002009-12-24T13:52:19.855-05:00The NYU site is huge. I was surprised Turgenev'...The NYU site is huge. I was surprised Turgenev's Fathers and Children wasn't listed, both for Bazarov and his father.<br /><br />I was happy to see Leonid Tsypkin's Summer in Baden-Baden on the list...though the doctor in the novel is already deceased, the stories by his widow play an important part of the book.<br /><br />While Solzhenitsyn's Cancer Ward is something recent, hopefully it is not a glimpse into medicine's future.Dwighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13688525659034403580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458341.post-73199908258828866192009-12-24T13:47:57.968-05:002009-12-24T13:47:57.968-05:00How do you find these books? Is there some databas...How do you find these books? Is there some database that lists books by topic?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458341.post-71431670060771133782009-12-24T11:56:59.399-05:002009-12-24T11:56:59.399-05:00On the experience of medical school, Vincent Lam&#...On the experience of medical school, Vincent Lam's "Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures" is pretty good; it's a collection of linked stories rather than a novel, but offers insight into how medical students become "mere" (some failed, some quietly heroic) doctors.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07482208401310989468noreply@blogger.com