Gifted Hands — Vocabulary
Ben Carson
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I benefited from all their little tricks, and they aided me in developing my skills as a neurosurgeon.†p.127.7alternate pages48 more

Despite the fact that John and I believed what we told Beth's parents, we couldn't be positive that Beth would wake up or that she wouldn't, finally, just slip away.†p.161.5alternate pages5 more

Getting glasses was the first positive thing to start me on my climb upward from the bottom of the class.†p.29.7alternate pages5 more

Curtis and I encountered prejudice, and we could have gotten caught up in it, especially in those days—the early 1960s.†p.37.3alternate pages9 more

Her quick thinking enabled an emergency team to resuscitate him, but no one knew how long he had been without breathing.†p.209.3alternate pages6 more

Using this technique, doctors could save a lot of time and energy instead of poking around inside the skull.†p.102.2alternate pages7 more

After we evaluated Denise, controversy broke out here at Hopkins over whether to do a hemispherectomy.†p.163.7alternate pages4 more

After we evaluated Denise, controversy broke out here at Hopkins over whether to do a hemispherectomy.†p.163.7alternate pages4 more

Mother started to read the Bible, often sounding out the words, sometimes still not understanding; but she persisted.†p.49.3alternate pages6 more

'Chen realizing that my hands were steady and that I could intuitively see the effect my hands had on the brain, I knew I had found my calling.†p.104.9alternate pages4 more

Because of a number of significant factors involved, it was a miracle for Craig to get admitted.†p.177.6alternate pages3 more

I was elated when I received word that I'd been accepted into the neurosurgery program at Johns Hopkins.†p.108.6alternate pages5 more

This at least told them that the cause of her epilepsy wasn't owing to electrical misfiring in her brain but a progressive deterioration.†p.139.3alternate pages5 more

They had gone through such a roller coaster of worry, faith, despair, optimism, hope, and grief in the 11 months of little Jennifer's life.†p.154.5alternate pages3 more

Doctor Mark Rogers, Director of Pediatric Intensive Care at Hopkins, coordinated the massive undertaking.†p.194.5alternate pages27 more

One of the chief residents in cardiac surgery was Black, Levi Watkins, and I was one of two Black interns in general surgery, the other being Martin Goines, who had also gone to Yale.†p.116.6alternate pages3 more

He was one of the people I wanted to emulate.†p.59.4alternate pages1 more

To interview any students, Candy and I had to visit places in the more affluent communities like Bloomfield Hills and Grosse Pointe.†p.92.1alternate pages1 more

It was an eerie experience, starting the surgery, because their bodies were so cold it was like working on a cadaver.†p.200.1alternate pages2 more

After hypothermic arrest it took 20 minutes to separate all of the vascular tissue, which meant we had used at least three times as much time as we had planned.†p.200.4alternate pages2 more