Sword and Scalpel

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***ABOUT AUTHOR: Frank Gill Slaughter , pen-name Frank G. Slaughter, pseudonym C.V. Terry, was an American novelist and physician whose books sold more than 60 million copies.*** His novels drew on his own experience as a doctor and his interest in history and the Bible. Through his novels, he often introduced readers to new findings in medical research and new medical technologies. **Slaughter was born in Washington, D.C., the son of Stephen Lucious Slaughter and Sarah "Sallie" Nicholson Gill.** When he was about five years old, his family moved to a farm near Berea, North Carolina, which is west of Oxford, North Carolina. He earned a bachelor's degree from Trinity College (now Duke University) at 17 and went to medical school at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. He began writing fiction in 1935 while a physician at Riverside Hospital in Jacksonville, Florida **Books by Slaughter include The Purple Quest, Surgeon, U.S.A., Epidemic! , Tomorrow's Miracle and The Scarlet Cord. Slaughter died May 17, 2001 in Jacksonville, Florida.**

subjects: History,  Korean War,  1950-1953,  Historical,  Fiction,  Classic,  Adult,  American,  Literature,  Book,  Story,  Novel,  Hardcover,  Paperback,  Braille,  Largeprint,  Audiobook,  E-book,  Adventure Biography,  Medical,  Medicine,  Surgeons,  Surgery,  Treason,  Truth,  Courtroom,  Court martial,  Lawsuit,  Enemy warfare,  Brainwashing,  narrativa novel,  Novela skönlitteratur,  Korean War, 1950-1953,  Large type books,  Guerre de Corée, 1950-1953,  Romans, nouvelles,  Livres en gros caractères,  Large print books,  Fiction, general

People: Chinese,  Korean

Times: 1950-1953