Arowsmith (1925) - Sinclair Lewis
Category: General Fiction
Narrator: John McDonough
Tags: General Fiction, Classic, Adults
Length: 20 hrs and 41 mins Release date: 01-23-12 Publisher: Recorded Books, Arrowsmith is often described as the first scientific novel. The book explores medical and scientific themes in a fictional way and it is difficult to think of an earlier book that does this. Although he was not a doctor, Sinclair Lewiss father was and he was greatly helped in the preparation of the manuscript by the science writer Paul de Kruif. It was de Kruif who brings a reality to the book that is almost biographical., The book describes many aspects of medical training and practice, scientific research that benefits mankind, ethics, integrity, dedication, selfless devotion to the care of patients as well as greed, self deception, stupidity, and the attraction for power, wealth, security and recognition., This reality means that the book heralds the real impact of advances in drugs, public health, and immunology that were about to change the world. It also satirizes those medical and scientific practit
