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Books are available one month prior to the discussion. You may pick up books at the previous meeting, or you may get them at the Main Desk any time the Library is open. Please bring your library card to the meeting to check books out. All books announced are tentative, based on availability of multiple copies. To confirm dates, book selections, or for more information call the Library.The Citadel byIn 1921 a newly minted physician, Andrew Manson, arrives in a tiny Welsh mining town to begin practicing medicine. This novel follows his rise to London’s Harley Street where money and prestige have become his guiding principles. This classic novel is known for its groundbreaking treatment of the topic of medical ethics, and has been credited with laying the foundation for the British National Health Service.Contact: Krista McLeod 978-686-4080 ext 10 kmcleod111@yahoo.com.
First editionAuthorCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglishPublished1937(UK)(US)Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)Pages446 pp. (UK hardcover)The Citadel is a novel by, first published in 1937, which was groundbreaking in its treatment of the contentious theme of medical ethics. It has been credited with laying the foundation in Great Britain for the introduction of the a decade later. In the United States, it won the for 1937 novels, voted by members of the.For his fifth book, Dr. Cronin drew on his experiences practising medicine in the coal mining communities of the, as he had for two years earlier. Specifically, he had researched and reported on the correlation between coal dust inhalation and lung disease in the town of. He had also worked as a doctor for the at the, which served as the model for the.Cronin once stated in an interview, 'I have written in The Citadel all I feel about the medical profession, its injustices, its hide-bound unscientific stubbornness, its humbug.
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The horrors and inequities detailed in the story I have personally witnessed. This is not an attack against individuals, but against a system.' Contents.Plot summary In October 1924, Andrew Manson, an idealistic, newly qualified doctor, arrives from Scotland to work as assistant to Doctor Page in the small (fictitious) Welsh mining town of Drineffy (Blaenelly is the name given in some adaptations). He quickly realises that Page is unwell and disabled and that he has to do all the work for a meagre wage. Shocked by the unsanitary conditions he discovers, Manson works to improve matters and receives the support of Dr Philip Denny, a cynical semi-alcoholic who, Manson finds out in due course, took a post as an assistant doctor after having fallen from grace as a surgeon. Resigning, he obtains a post as assistant in a miners' medical aid scheme in 'Aberalaw', a neighbouring coal mining town in the.
On the strength of this job, Manson marries Christine Barlow, a junior school teacher.Christine helps her husband with his research. Eager to improve the lives of his patients, mainly coal miners, Manson dedicates many hours to research in his chosen field of lung disease. He studies for, and is granted, the, and when his research is published, an MD. The research gains him a post with the 'Mines Fatigue Board' in London, but he resigns after six months to set up a private practice.Seduced by the thought of easy money from wealthy clients rather than the principles he started out with, Manson becomes involved with pampered private patients and fashionable surgeons and drifts away from his wife. A patient dies because of a surgeon's ineptitude, and the incident causes Manson to abandon his practice and return to his principles. He and his wife repair their damaged relationship, but then she is run over by a bus and killed.Since Manson has accused the incompetent surgeon of murder, he is vindictively reported to the for having worked with an American specialist, Richard Stillman, who does not have a medical degree, even though the patient had been successfully treated at his clinic.
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Retrieved 25 March 2013.' Booksellers Give Prize to 'Citadel': Cronin's Work About Doctors Their Favorite-'Mme. Curie' Gets Non-Fiction Award.' , The New York Times, 2 March 1938, page 14. ProQuest Historical Newspapers The New York Times (1851–2007).Ballots were submitted by 319 stores; there had been about 600 ABA members one year earlier. At the luncheon, presenter said: 'Unlike the committee, the booksellers merely vote for their favorite books.
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They do not say it is the best book or the one that will elevate the standard of manhood or womanhood. Twenty years from now we can decide which are the masterpieces. This year we can only decide which books we enjoyed reading the most.' The Times of India. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
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