Overview

Phillips and Ruth Lee Thygeson were pioneers in medical research on external diseases of the human eye. Together, this husband-and-wife team shared a mutual story of extraordinary accomplishment including, among other things, the discovery of the cause of trachoma, a potentially blinding disease that affects millions of people worldwide. This comprehensive biography tells the story of their personal lives and careers. Beginning with their family backgrounds, the story continues through their meeting on the campus of Stanford University, their years of practicing ""frontier medicine"" in rural Colorado (where they built a log cabin with their own hands), their world travels in search of a cure for trachoma, and their considerable roles in establishing the Francis I. Proctor Foundation for Research in Ophthalmology. The story of this couple is one of a lifelong collaboration in medicine, a 70-year love affair, and an unending quest to conquer preventable blindness around the world.

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Author:   Beret E. Strong ,  G. Richard O'Connor
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.358kg
ISBN:  

9780786436736

ISBN 10:   0786436735
Pages:   263
Publication Date:   18 September 2008
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments      Foreword (by G. Richard O’Connor, M.D.)      Introduction      1. A Minnesota Childhood      2. A San Francisco Childhood      3. A Death in the Family      4. Genteel Poverty and a Pandemic      5. Meeting at Stanford      6. Courtship, a Wedding, and Victorian Values      7. Married and in Medical School      8. Frontier Medicine in Colorado      9. Building a Real Log Cabin      10. To Egypt in Search of Trachoma      11. Learning from a Nobel Laureate in Tunisia      12. Research Idyll in Iowa City      13. Fort Apache and the Great Experiment      14. The New York Chapter: Two Kinds of Politics      15. World War II in the Army Air Corps      16. California and an Experiment in Private Practice      17. The Francis I. Proctor Foundation for Research in Ophthalmology      18. Father and Son: From San Quentin to Steroids      19. Mother and Daughter: World Federalist and Equestrienne      20. The Glory Days of Academic Medicine      21. World Health Organization and World Class Editing      22. International Fellows and Fellowship      23. Lake Tahoe and the Alta California Eye Research Foundation      24. Ripened Souls Tend Their Orchard      25. The End of the Journey      Chapter Notes      Bibliography      Index     

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Award-winning documentary filmmaker Beret E. Strong lives in Longmont, Colorado.

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