You can access the eBook here: "From Wits to the World".
Tips on how read the eBook:
1. Click on the link or on the image of the book
2. To enlarge the image, go to the bottom right-hand side and click the symbol looking like ‘X’ that will enlarge the book to full screen.
3. The beauty of an eBook is that it has many links specially to all the Newsletters, and the full biographies of the class
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This remarkable book tells the story of the Wits Medical Graduates of 1960, their schools, life at medical school, the hospitals in which they trained and those who trained them. It follows their careers in South Africa and across the world, innovating and motivating, carrying with them the knowledge and work ethic they gained from their memorable teachers at Wits. It also illustrates their interests and activities beyond medicine.
Table of Contents
Foreword by Professor Shabir Madhi
Preface by Dr Chaim Rosenberg
Page 10, Chapter 1: Faces of the Future and Colleagues with a Conscience
Page 13. Chapter 2: Preclinical Years: Anatomy, Raymond Dart
Page 18, Chapter 3: Our Cohort Part 1 - Where did they come from?
Page 26, Chapter 4: Preclinical years: Anatomy, Phillip Tobias and Maurice Arnold
Page 34, Chapter 5: Our Cohort Part 2: Highlands North High School – Compiled by Gary Katz
Page 40, Chapter 6: Our Cohort Part 3: The Old Edwardians – Compiled by Avroy Fanaroff
Page 49, Chapter 7: Clinical Training 1: The Gen (and other hospitals and patients they served)
Page 61, Chapter 8: Our Cohort Part 4: Witwatersrand East and West and Country-Wide
Page 67, Chapter 9: Clinical Training 2: ‘Non-European’ Hospitals
Page 72, Chapter 10: Baragwanath Hospital: Rotations and Registrars
Page 79, Chapter 11: Wits Medical Library
Page 84, Chapter 12: Contributions to Medicine in South Africa
Page 92, Chapter 13: Academic Medicine: Deans and Professors
Page 106, Chapter 14: Medicine Then and Now, 1960–2020
Page 110, Chapter 15: Pursuits and Pleasures Beyond Medicine
Page 128, Chapter 16: Reunions and Reflections
Page 138, Chapter 17: Index of Graduates and Teachers
Watch the book launch recording here: "From Wits to the World eBook Launch"
The Three Deans – of six Medical Schools
We first look at the exceptional careers of Clive Rosendorff, Arthur Rubenstein and Laurence Geffen, the three members of our class who became Deans of prestigious medical schools in South Africa, the USA and Australia.