VINTAGE 1968 Sylvan M. Shane SIGNED BOOK First Edition HARDCOVER AS I SAW IT

AS I SAW IT

in THE SOVIET UNION

in ISRAEL

in AUSCHWITZ

in ANESTHESIOLOGY

in DENTISTRY

in POLITICS

by Sylvan M. Shane

With a foreword by

DR. JOHN C. KRANTZ, JR.

Professor Emeritus of Pharmacology

University of Maryland, School of Medicine

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Nearly 60 years old, this vintage first edition book is autographed by its author, Sylvan M. Shane. See photos.

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A great book is one that creates a never-to-be-forgotten image of a man, a character that is universal in any language or in any corner of the world. AS I SAW IT creates this image.

Largely autobiographical, the book details the highlights of Dr. Shane's life and times as they relate to his two specialties-anes-thesiology and dentistry. He takes the reader into the operating room and paints a vignette of the anesthesiologist as he appears un-distorted by the halo of cinematic and TV klieg lights. He describes his early years living alone in Los Angeles, and as a student at the University of Maryland School of Dentistry.

Dr. Shane transports us to the Soviet Union …

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FOREWORD except:

Sir Leslie Stephen, a distinguished English critic and man of letters, the first editor of the Dictionary of National Biography, declared, “There never was a dull autobiography." This statement applies most fittingly to As I Saw It by Dr. Sylvan M. Shane. He has given an engrossing account of his interesting and exciting life. As one reads it he is caught by the dynamic spirit and vigor of the author and feels that he was there.

The author's early years were fraught with a struggle against poverty and his ardent effort to acquire a good education. During his high school years at the Baltimore City College he had developed skill in public speaking and was selected as the valedictorian of his class.

Young Sylvan was eager to study medicine, but there were no funds available. He left his home and sought employment in the West. The Los Angeles Examiner gave him a job selling advertisements for the newspaper. Here one gains a deep insight into the character of young Sylvan, an indefatigable worker, who possessed a strong feeling of sympathy for the underprivileged and an insatiable quest for truth. When the road ahead became rough, he smoothed it out, went around it, or leaped over it. His character contained the ingredients for

success.