Paul De Kruif Ordre des livres

The narrative follows Dr. John (Jack) Ferguson, who embarked on a medical career later in life, aspiring to be a country doctor. His journey unfolds against the backdrop of his remarkable experiences and challenges, revealing his dedication to medicine and the impact he made in his community. The book explores themes of perseverance, the human spirit, and the complexities of mental health, showcasing Ferguson's unique contributions to the field.

Excerpt from Our Medicine MenA part of these essays has appeared in The Century Magazine, and their publication has aroused the profound displeasure of many serious and possibly important persons. The pieces have been variously denounced as destructive, igno rant, rotten, wrong-headed, and detrimental to progress. This writer deplores these criticisms, for, while it is true that he had no intention to moralize or to improve the world, he did attempt to recount in a fair and restrained manner the reactions which twelve years of contact with medicine men have called forth in him.

“It manages to delight, and frequently to entrance, old and new readers [and] continues to engage our hearts and minds today with an indescribably brand of affectionate sympathy.”—F. Gonzalez-Crussi, from the IntroductionAn international bestseller, translated into eighteen languages, Paul de Kruif’s classic account of the first scientists to see and learn about the microscopic world continues to fascinate new readers. This is a timeless dramatization of the scientists, bacteriologists, doctors, and medical technicians who discovered the microbes and invented the vaccines to counter them. De Kruif writes about how seemingly simple but really fundamental discovers of science—for instance, how a microbe was first viewed in a clear drop of rain water, and when, for the first time, Louis Pasteur discovered that a simple vaccine could save a man from the ravages of rabies by attacking the microbes that cause it. 

V knize se zpovídá známý bakteriolog a popularizátor lékařské vědy z vlastních osudů a lásky ke své druhé ženě, ze svých zápasů a bojů. Vypráví o své cestě za spisovatelským uměním, spolupráci se S. Lewisem na románu Arrowsmith i o zajímavých lidech, které v životě potkal a poznal. Je to kniha, ve které autor projevil maximum upřímnosti a statečnosti k sobě samému.

Rekonštrukcia dvoch životov - autorovho a jeho milovanej ženy Rhey, ktorú stratil.

Príbeh Jacka Fergusona, lekára, ktorý v polovici 20. storočia zásadne zmenil postupy liečby duševných chorôb v USA.