Book Review:Gifted
hands: by Benjamin Carson.
Benjamin Solomon "Ben" Carson Sr., (born
September 18, 1951) is an American columnist and retired neurosurgeon. He is
credited with being the first surgeon to successfully separate conjoined twins
joined at the head. In 2008 he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by
President George W. Bush. After delivering a widely publicized speech at the
2013 National Prayer Breakfast, he became a popular figure in political media
for his views on social issues and the federal government.
Gifted Hands by and about Ben Carson, M.D., is the
inspiring story of an inner-city kid with poor grades and little motivation,
who, at age thirty-three, became director of paediatric neurosurgery at Johns
Hopkins University Hospital. Gifted Hands will take you into the operating room
to witness surgeries that made headlines around the world, and into the private
mind of a compassionate, God-fearing physician who lives to help others. In
1987, Dr. Carson gained worldwide recognition for his part in the first
successful separation of Siamese twins joined at the back of the head -- an
extremely complex and delicate operation that was five months of planning and
twenty-two hours of actual surgery, involving a surgical plan that Carson
helped initiate.
Gifted Hands reveals a man with humility, decency,
compassion, courage, and sensitivity who serves as a role model for young
people (and everyone else) in need of encouragement to attempt the seemingly
impossible and to excel in whatever they attempt. Dr. Carson also describes the
key role that his highly intelligent though relatively uneducated mother played
in his metamorphosis from an unmotivated ghetto youngster into one of the most
respected neurosurgeons in the world.
Gifted hands Quotes
“To THINK BIG and to use our talents doesn't mean we
won't have difficulties along the way. We will--we all do. If we choose to see
the obstacles in our path as barriers, we stop trying. "We can't
win," we moan. "They won't let us win.”
“Successful people don't have fewer problems. They
have determined that nothing will stop them from going forward.”
