"The light from the star, first slowly and then rapidly, filled their view of the night sky. The brightness reached its peak and at once subsided into a beam, which had tunneled down from the darkness of space and landed in front of them on the beach. The beam of light disappeared, leaving behind a boy, standing in the sand ...."The universe consists of wonderous beauty, from dazzling stars to swirling galaxies, with a multitude of eddies in between. Its v...

In this first comprehensive biography of Dr. Arthur Edward Spohn, authors Jane Clements Monday, Frances Brannen Vick, and Charles W. Monday Jr., MD, illuminate the remarkable nineteenth-century story of a trailblazing physician who helped to modernize the practice of medicine in Texas.Arthur Spohn was unusually innovative for the time and exceptionally dedicated to improving medical care. Among his many surgical innovations was the development of a specialized tourniquet for “blood...