Reviews for Simon Baruch: Rebel in the Ranks of Medicine, 1840-1921

The average rating for Simon Baruch: Rebel in the Ranks of Medicine, 1840-1921 based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2015-03-31 00:00:00 Steve Fehl I came across the biography of Simon Baruch while reading the book about his son Bernard. One might call it family tradition but I don't really like either of the two books. My main problem with Simon's biography is in style as well as contence. Particia Spain Ward might be a renown historian in the field of medicine but - as far as this book is concerned - she unfortunatelly isn't able to write an interesting biography. From the first page to the last there never developed any kind of "reading-flow". Quite to the contrary: For me every page was arduous reading. What I already criticized other authors for, Spain Ward did to an extension I have rarely experienced until now: Her book mostly consists of a summary of Baruchs work. The man behind that goes missing completly and only emerges in the last chapter. I could have come to terms with such writing in a book called "The works of Simon Baruch". But as the book tries to be a full scale biographie, it mostly fails its aim.

Review # 2 was written on 2018-08-02 00:00:00 Lonny Edwards Excellent synopsis of Carl Roger's life, and his theories. Clear language, thorough, and direct.