Hospital History and Medical Practice in My Small Town: With Personal Stories of the Author
Hospital History and Medical Practice in My Small Town: With Personal Stories of the Author
Overview
Dr. Albert H. Meinke, Jr. was born on September 26, 1919 in Detroit, Michigan, where he attended the public schools, and graduated in 1937 with honors from Thomas M. Cooley High School. He then attended Albion College in Albion, Michigan, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in June 1941. He received his Doctor of Medicine Degree from the University of Michigan Medical School in October 1943. That unusual time of year for a graduation came about because the United States had formally entered World War II on December 7, 1941, and the university promptly adopted an accelerated medical curriculum with three full semesters of classes each calendar year. Immediately after graduation from medical school he began a nine-month rotating internship at Edward W. Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, Michigan. A few days before the internship was finished, on July 29, 1944, he married Edmere L. Bondesen of Detroit. The next few days were spent in Lansing finishing up hospital clinical records, and on August 2, 1944 he entered active duty in the Army of the United States as a First Lieutenant in the Medical Corps.After going through an extensive training course for new medical officers at the Army Medical Field Service School at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, he was assigned to the Army School of Tropical Medicine at Moore General Hospital in Swannanoa, North Carolina, where he studied tropical diseases, and also served as a ward officer in the hospital. His patients were soldiers suffering with tropical diseases contracted in the South Pacific, and this led him to believe that he would be treating such tropical diseases later on in his tour of duty.After this initial training was finished, he was surprised to find that the Army, in its great wisdom, assigned him as a Battalion Surgeon in the U.S. Tenth Mountain Division, --- the only division of ski troops in the entire U. S. armed forces. In this capacity he served front line infantrymen through the Division's entire combat period in Italy, and remained in the Division until it was deactivated in the late fall of 1945.In late August of 1946, Dr. Meinke moved to Eaton Rapids, Michigan to take over the medical practice of another physician who had been a missionary doctor in Africa and had been recalled during the War to serve Eaton Rapids, because at that time all of the town's able-bodied, practicing physicians were away, serving in the armed forces.In 1984, at the age of sixty-five, Dr. Meinke retired, and moved with his wife to Kewadin, Michigan into a home on the shore of Torch Lake. There he wrote the book MOUNTAIN TROOPS AND MEDICS, which tells the story of his wartime experiences in the Ski Troops. The book was well received, and is now in its second printing.Description
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Overview
Dr. Albert H. Meinke, Jr. was born on September 26, 1919 in Detroit, Michigan, where he attended the public schools, and graduated in 1937 with honors from Thomas M. Cooley High School. He then attended Albion College in Albion, Michigan, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in June 1941. He received his Doctor of Medicine Degree from the University of Michigan Medical School in October 1943. That unusual time of year for a graduation came about because the United States had formally entered World War II on December 7, 1941, and the university promptly adopted an accelerated medical curriculum with three full semesters of classes each calendar year. Immediately after graduation from medical school he began a nine-month rotating internship at Edward W. Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, Michigan. A few days before the internship was finished, on July 29, 1944, he married Edmere L. Bondesen of Detroit. The next few days were spent in Lansing finishing up hospital clinical records, and on August 2, 1944 he entered active duty in the Army of the United States as a First Lieutenant in the Medical Corps.After going through an extensive training course for new medical officers at the Army Medical Field Service School at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, he was assigned to the Army School of Tropical Medicine at Moore General Hospital in Swannanoa, North Carolina, where he studied tropical diseases, and also served as a ward officer in the hospital. His patients were soldiers suffering with tropical diseases contracted in the South Pacific, and this led him to believe that he would be treating such tropical diseases later on in his tour of duty.After this initial training was finished, he was surprised to find that the Army, in its great wisdom, assigned him as a Battalion Surgeon in the U.S. Tenth Mountain Division, --- the only division of ski troops in the entire U. S. armed forces. In this capacity he served front line infantrymen through the Division's entire combat period in Italy, and remained in the Division until it was deactivated in the late fall of 1945.In late August of 1946, Dr. Meinke moved to Eaton Rapids, Michigan to take over the medical practice of another physician who had been a missionary doctor in Africa and had been recalled during the War to serve Eaton Rapids, because at that time all of the town's able-bodied, practicing physicians were away, serving in the armed forces.In 1984, at the age of sixty-five, Dr. Meinke retired, and moved with his wife to Kewadin, Michigan into a home on the shore of Torch Lake. There he wrote the book MOUNTAIN TROOPS AND MEDICS, which tells the story of his wartime experiences in the Ski Troops. The book was well received, and is now in its second printing.Description
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- Used - Good: All pages and cover are intact (including the dust cover, if applicable). Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May include "From the library of" labels. Shrink wrap, dust covers, or boxed set case may be missing. Item may be missing bundled media.
- Used - Acceptable: All pages and the cover are intact, but shrink wrap, dust covers, or boxed set case may be missing. Pages may include limited notes, highlighting, or minor water damage but the text is readable. Item may but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting, but the text cannot be obscured or unreadable.
Note: Some electronic material access codes are valid only for one user. For this reason, used books, including books listed in the Used – Like New condition, may not come with functional electronic material access codes.
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- Packages are shipped from Monday to Friday.
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To be eligible for a return, your item must be unused and in the same condition that you received it. It must also be in the original packaging.
Several types of goods are exempt from being returned. Perishable goods such as food, flowers, newspapers or magazines cannot be returned. We also do not accept products that are intimate or sanitary goods, hazardous materials, or flammable liquids or gases.
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- Gift cards
- Downloadable software products
- Some health and personal care items
To complete your return, we require a tracking number, which shows the items which you already returned to us.
There are certain situations where only partial refunds are granted (if applicable)
- Book with obvious signs of use
- CD, DVD, VHS tape, software, video game, cassette tape, or vinyl record that has been opened
- Any item not in its original condition, is damaged or missing parts for reasons not due to our error
- Any item that is returned more than 30 days after delivery
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Items returned to us that were not the result of our error, including items returned to us due to an invalid or incomplete address, will be refunded the original item price less our standard restocking fees.
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- Item(s) returned to us that were not a result of our error.
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