Luis H. Toledo-Pereyra
Michigan State University
Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies

Table of Contents

SECTION I: SHORT NOTES ON PHILOSOPHY, HUMANITIES AND WRITING

1. Creating the Uncreatable
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2. Welcoming a New Hip
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3. Working Less and Being Happy
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4. Mourning the Prostate
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5. Slow Down for Heaven’s Sake
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6. The Surgeon as a Scientific Writer
Roberto Anaya-Prado, Alexander H. Toledo and Luis H. Toledo-Pereyra

SECTION II: VIRTUES OF MAN

7. Knowledge
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8. Compassion
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9. Respect
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10. Integrity
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11. Trust
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12. Gratitude
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13. Innovation
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14. Loyalty
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SECTION III: SURGEONS, PIONEERS, EDUCATORS

15. Zabdiel Boylston
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16. Ephraim McDowell
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17. John Collins Warren
Alexander H. Toledo

18. Valentine Mott
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19. Samuel D. Gross
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20. Daniel Hale Williams
Ralph C. Gordon

21. John B. Murphy
Ralph C. Gordon

22. Hugh Hampton Young
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23. Alfred Blalock
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24. Charles R. Drew
Ralph C. Gordon

25. John Charnley
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SECTION IV: THE DATE, THE WINNERS

26. 1954: The Year of the Transplant
Luis H. Toledo-Pereyra and Alexander H. Toledo

27. Nobel Laureate Surgeons
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