The heart specialist a novel
Set in Quebec at the turn of the 19th to 20th century, the story of Agnes White, a lonely orphaned girl fascinated by the "wrong" things--microscopes, dissections, and anatomy instead of more ladylike interests--who rises to the status of one of the world's most celebrated pioneering women doctors....
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Soho Press,
c2011.
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| Summary: | Set in Quebec at the turn of the 19th to 20th century, the story of Agnes White, a lonely orphaned girl fascinated by the "wrong" things--microscopes, dissections, and anatomy instead of more ladylike interests--who rises to the status of one of the world's most celebrated pioneering women doctors. Not only does she break through patriarchal academic barriers; she masters the science of the human heart, becoming a scholar of international fame, all in a place and time inimical to intelligent women. Inspired by the career of Maude Abbott, one of Canada's first female physicians. |
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| Item Description: | Originally published: Canada : Cormorant Books, 2009. |
| Physical Description: | 325 p. ; 22 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9781569479452 (hbk.) 1569479453 (hbk.) |
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