Texas medical pioneer still holds surgical record<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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A trailblazing South Texas surgeon still holds the record for the removal of the largest tumor \u2013 328 pounds \u2013 from a patient who fully recovered, according to a new biography of  Dr. Arthur Spohn: Surgeon, Inventor, and Texas Medical Pioneer<\/em> by Jane Clements Monday, Frances Brannen Vick, and Charles W. Monday Jr. (Texas A&M University Press, $35 hardcover).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Spohn, born in Canada, came to Texas in 1868 as a military physician, married into a powerful ranching family, opened the first hospital in Corpus Christi, and practiced innovative medicine in the state for 45 years. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cSpohn,\u201d the authors write, \u201cwas a physician who believed passionately in taking decisive action rather than allowing a patient to die. He openly criticized the benign neglect practiced by timid or ignorant physicians who sympathetically stood by and did nothing or used antiquated techniques.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The book includes several of Dr. Spohn\u2019s medical journal articles, including one from 1906 about removing the barrel-sized ovarian tumor. He spent a week draining 30 gallons of fluid from the tumor before operating. It took two months to close the abdomen after surgery, he wrote, adding \u201cthe patient made a good recovery.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Visiting Israel: <\/strong>Robbie Freeman Shugart, an author and motivational speaker from Merkel, offers a spiritually passionate tour of Israel in her book, Jerusalem Is Calling: Pilgrimage to the Holy Land<\/em> (Lifewise Books, $14.99 paperback, also available in Spanish).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cTraveling to Israel,\u201d she writes, \u201cexperiencing places I had only read about in the Bible, was liberating as I stood where Jesus stood and walked where He walked. Seeing these holy sites restored my faith and was so encouraging. By the power of our Lord, I didn\u2019t come home the same person as I was before I went to Israel.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Power of Pray<\/strong>er: <\/strong>Sheri A. Sutton, an inspirational author and poet from Wichita Falls, has published 40 Days: A Journey of Prayer<\/em> ($13.95 paperback), offering two-page daily meditations covering such topics as grace, acceptance, wisdom, discipleship, forgiveness, obedience, joy, love, peace, and freedom. Each meditation ends with a prayer.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cPrayer can change our thinking,\u201d she writes. \u201cPrayer centers us and brings balance to our lives.  Most importantly, prayer connects our heart to God\u2019s heart.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Concise Histories: <\/strong>The Texas State Historical Association has published two more books in its Fred Rider Cotton Popular History Series which focuses on compact, easy-to-read historical accounts.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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San Antonio: A Tricentennial History<\/em> by Char Miller ($20 paperback) covers the city\u2019s 300 years in 160 pages plus notes and index. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Texas and World War I<\/em> by Gregory W. Ball ($20 paperback) explores the contributions of Texans to the war effort and how the war affected Texas, covering the topic in 129 pages plus notes and index.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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