PAST MEDICAL HISTORY
by
Donal B. Stewart, MD
DSArt LLC; August 2013
Paperback, 221 pages
Authobiography
About the book
About the book
Past Medical History is a compilation of short
stories chronicling the life of Dr. Don Stewart, who grew up with the singular
goal of becoming a physician, then quit the day he earned his medical license
to make a life and a living as an artist. It’s The Devil Wears Prada meets The
House of God, with a character who sees his own career circling the drain,
pronounces it DOA, and turfs himself to an art studio for treatment. It’s Patch Adams, with an attitude; The Things They Carried, dressed up in
scrubs and a white lab coat.
This
series of stories draws a clear picture of a doctor who recognized the pitfalls
of his chosen profession, discharged himself from the hospital, then took his
life in a more creative, and far healthier direction.
About the author
Don Stewart has a bachelor’s degree in Biology and Art, with honors, from
Birmingham-Southern College, and an MD from the University of Alabama School of
Medicine. He also served a year-long surgical internship at the Mayo Clinic,
where he published some of his first composite drawings, and won awards for
poetry and short fiction.
Dr. Stewart’s short stories have since been published in Pulse--voices
from the heart of medicine, The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature, The
Placebo Journal, and The Journal of Irreproducible Results,
where he is listed as honorary Art Editor. For four years he served as
Contributing Editor to Informal Rounds,
the newsletter of the University of Alabama Medical Alumni Association.
For the past quarter century he has made his
living as a self-styled Visual Humorist, hammering words and pictures together
at the DS Art Studio Gallery in Birmingham: www.DSArt.com. You can also find
him at www.PastMedicalHistoryBook.com.
His latest book is the autobiography, Past
Medical History.
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