[bookshare-discuss] for cheryl newspapers
- From: "Tina Birnenbaum" <tinabir@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 20:22:37 -0700
I read thethem for a while on my bn and would just find the author's name
and look for that to read the articles and found I could get through it a
little faster that way.
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From: "siss52" <siss52@xxxxxxx>
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Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 3:32 PM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Fwd: Fw: A New Doctor who is blind
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> This is interesting, but it doesn't say what area of medicine he hopes to
> enter. I have to admit that if a blind physician practiced in my area I
> would not go to him/her. I hope this doesn't cause an uproar. <smile>
>
> Sue S.
>
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> From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 4:41 PM
> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Fwd: Fw: A New Doctor who is blind
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> Another article sent by my wants-to-remain-anonymous
> friend. This is amazing. We saw a segment a while back
> on one of the news magazine programs about a little
> person who also became a physician -- I think a
> surgeon -- despite the perceived handicap of his size.
>
> Cindy
> >
> > This article runs in the Sunday Lexington KENTUCKY
> > newspaper:
> >
> > New doctor doesn't let blindness stop him
> >
> > HE RELIES ON GADGETS AND DETERMINATION
> > By Sharon Cohen
> > ASSOCIATED PRESS
> >
> > MADISON, Wis. - The young medical student was
> > nervous as he slid the
> > soft, thin tube down into the patient's
> > windpipe. It was a delicate
> > maneuver -- and he knew he had to get it right.
> >
> > Tim Cordes leaned over the patient as his
> > professor and a team of
> > others closely monitored his every step.
> > Carefully, he positioned the
> > tube, waiting for the signal that oxygen was
> > flowing.
> >
> > The anesthesia machine was set to emit musical
> > tones to confirm that
> > the tube was in the trachea and carbon dioxide
> > was present. Soon,
> > Cordes heard the sounds. He double-checked with
> > a stethoscope. All was
> > OK. He had completed the intubation.
> >
> > Several times over two weeks, Cordes performed
> > this difficult task at
> > the University of Wisconsin Hospital and
> > Clinics. His professor, Dr.
> > George Arndt, marveled at his student's skills.
> >
> > "He was 100 percent," the doctor says. "He did
> > it better than the
> > people who could see."
> >
> > Tim Cordes is blind.
> >
> > He has mastered much in his 28 years: Jujitsu.
> > Biochemistry.
> > Water-skiing. Music composition. Any one of
> > these accomplishments
> > would be impressive. Together, they're dazzling.
> > And now, there's more
> > luster for his gold-plated r?sum? with
> > a new title: Doctor.
> >
> > In a world where skeptics always seem to be
> > saying, 'Stop, this isn't
> > something a blind person should be doing,' it
> > was one more barrier
> > overcome. There is only a handful of blind
> > doctors in this country.
> >
> > Cordes finished medical school at the University
> > of Wisconsin-Madison
> > in the top sixth of his class (he received just
> > one B), earning
> > honors, accolades and admirers along the way.
> >
> > Without sight, Cordes had to learn how to
> > identify clusters of
> > spaghetti-thin nerves and vessels in cadavers,
> > study X-rays, read EKGs
> > and patient charts, examine slides showing
> > slices of the brain,
> > diagnose rashes -- and more.
> >
> > He used a variety of special tools, including
> > raised-line drawings, a
> > computer that reads into his earpiece whatever
> > he types, a visual
> > describer, a portable printer that allowed him
> > to write notes for
> > patient charts, and a device called an Optacon
> > that has a small camera
> > with vibrating pins that help his fingers feel
> > images.
> >
> > "It was kind of whatever worked," Cordes says.
> > "Sometimes you can
> > psych yourself out and anticipate problems that
> > don't materialize. ...
> > You can sit there and plan for every
> > contingency, or you just go out
> > and do things. ... That was the best way."
> >
> > That's been his philosophy much of his life.
> > Cordes was just 5 months
> > old when he was diagnosed with Leber's disease.
> > He wore glasses by age
> > 2 and gradually lost his sight. At age 16, when
> > his peers were getting
> > their car keys, he took his first steps with a
> > guide dog.
> >
> > Through the years, plenty of people have
> > underestimated Cordes.
> >
> > That was especially true when he applied for
> > medical school and was
> > rejected by several universities, despite
> > glowing references, two
> > years of antibiotics research and a 3.99
> > undergraduate average as a
> > biochemistry major.
> >
> > Even when Wisconsin-Madison accepted him, Cordes
> > says, he knew there
> > was "some healthy skepticism." But, he adds,
> > "the people I worked with
> > were top-notch and really gave me a chance."
> >
> > Cordes says some of his most valuable lessons
> > came from doctors who
> > believed in showing rather than telling.
> >
> > "You can describe what it feels like to put your
> > hand on the aorta and
> > feel someone's blood flowing through it," he
> > says, his face lighting
> > up, "but until you feel it, you really don't get
> > a sense of what
> > that's like."
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> > Date: 2/10/2005
> >
> >
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