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Lucille Teasdale

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  • Publisher:
    Dundurn Press, 2005
    Note: This book was purchased with support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component.

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  • Author: Cowley, Deborah
    Date:
    Created
    2005
    Summary:

    Canadian surgeon Lucille Teasdale and her husband founded Lacor Hospital in northern Uganda in 1961. For 35 years the two doctors treated such contagious diseases as malaria, TB, and AIDS, and Teasdale performed thousands of operations under difficult conditions. They lived through civil war, hostage takings, and epidemics. Teasdale received the highest humanitarian awards from the U.N. for her lifes work in Africa.

    Genre:
    Biographies and autobiographies, Canadian nonfiction, Medicine, health and fitness
    Original Publisher: [S.l.], Dundurn
    Language(s): English