hking03 Posted February 19, 2011 Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 What? How do you know how many black people are in neurosurgery and neurology? However, what you wrote is quite common and you had no negative intention at all. I overreacted. Sorry about that. i have his book. i couldn't get through it. felt very preachy. it could have been how i was reading it, but it just felt like he was being fake about his attitude. had a pretty interesting upbringing though. he does mention in the book about there being very few neurologists/neurosurgeons relative to the rest of the physician population and national population in general... then he goes on to say that there are even fewer that are involved with just head/brain issues... specifically, the surgical removal of tumors. i think that was the point where i stopped reading because it felt like he was saying- i'm the best, i do this and i do it all the time... the other guys just focus on other junk... therefore, they are not as good as me. however, the guy is still a genius... just hard to read the book. i can't remember if he goes on to say how many african american neurosurgeons there are, but the field itself is pretty exclusive (less than 1000 in the us) so it would stand to reason that there aren't that many in the us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hking03 Posted February 19, 2011 Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 What? How do you know how many black people are in neurosurgery and neurology? However, what you wrote is quite common and you had no negative intention at all. I overreacted. Sorry about that. i have his book. i couldn't get through it. felt very preachy. it could have been how i was reading it, but it just felt like he was being fake about his attitude. had a pretty interesting upbringing though. he does mention in the book about there being very few neurologists/neurosurgeons relative to the rest of the physician population and national population in general... then he goes on to say that there are even fewer that are involved with just head/brain issues... specifically, the surgical removal of tumors. i think that was the point where i stopped reading because it felt like he was saying- i'm the best, i do this and i do it all the time... the other guys just focus on other junk... therefore, they are not as good as me. however, the guy is still a genius... just hard to read the book. i can't remember if he goes on to say how many african american neurosurgeons there are, but the field itself is pretty exclusive (less than 1000 in the us) so it would stand to reason that there aren't that many in the us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hking03 Posted February 19, 2011 Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 What? How do you know how many black people are in neurosurgery and neurology? However, what you wrote is quite common and you had no negative intention at all. I overreacted. Sorry about that. i have his book. i couldn't get through it. felt very preachy. it could have been how i was reading it, but it just felt like he was being fake about his attitude. had a pretty interesting upbringing though. he does mention in the book about there being very few neurologists/neurosurgeons relative to the rest of the physician population and national population in general... then he goes on to say that there are even fewer that are involved with just head/brain issues... specifically, the surgical removal of tumors. i think that was the point where i stopped reading because it felt like he was saying- i'm the best, i do this and i do it all the time... the other guys just focus on other junk... therefore, they are not as good as me. however, the guy is still a genius... just hard to read the book. i can't remember if he goes on to say how many african american neurosurgeons there are, but the field itself is pretty exclusive (less than 1000 in the us) so it would stand to reason that there aren't that many in the us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apixaban85 Posted February 20, 2011 Report Share Posted February 20, 2011 That was how I figured it out too. Eccelston was pretty good in Elizabeth btw. When he was Doctor, it was the only time I ever watched the show. The new guy didn't really do anything for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apixaban85 Posted February 20, 2011 Report Share Posted February 20, 2011 That was how I figured it out too. Eccelston was pretty good in Elizabeth btw. When he was Doctor, it was the only time I ever watched the show. The new guy didn't really do anything for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boa Posted February 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2011 Hey guys, how many of you have heard of Oliver Sacks?Not saying that I would like to shadow him though . I tried to read his book ( man who mistook his wife for a hat) but for some reason i stopped after the 2nd chapter... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnb88 Posted February 20, 2011 Report Share Posted February 20, 2011 This guy: I figure everything I could ever want to know about medicine I could find out from him;) Bonus internetz points to anyone that knows his significance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatonekid Posted February 20, 2011 Report Share Posted February 20, 2011 That was how I figured it out too. Eccelston was pretty good in Elizabeth btw. lol. I actually knew it was Doctor Who before looking at the link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boa Posted February 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2011 This guy: I figure everything I could ever want to know about medicine I could find out from him;) Bonus internetz points to anyone that knows his significance! ''his daughters are Hygieia ("Hygiene"), Iaso ("Medicine"), Aceso ("Healing"), Aglæa/Ægle ("Healthy Glow"), and Panacea ("Universal Remedy"). '' hahaha i want to shadow UNIVERSAL REMEDY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boa Posted February 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2011 I'm reading his latest book (The Mind's Eye), and I'd say that it could have been better. He does not explain the physiological basis behind what's happening to his patients, and simply describes what their lives are like...come on, I can find that kind of info on Wikipedia . Also, he repeats himself too much. Thats exactly why I put his book down loll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattg Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 Ramachandran and Sacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Last_Waltz Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 I would LOVE to spend a day with Atul Gawande - He's a NY physician who wrote "Complications" and "Better", two amazing books about the health care system Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erk Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 Simon Tam. He's my hero. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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