My Family Practice Journey: A Prescription for Happiness
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Dr. William H. Orsinger was a born naturalist, bonsai artist, gardener, photographer, writer, videographer, and lifelong traveler. He was also a doctor who made house calls. He began his medical career in 1948 as a country doctor and medical officer for the District of Columbia Department of Corrections at Lorton, VA where he was responsible for the Workhouse and the Women’s Division. Later his career detoured to US Public Health Service where he examined Hungarian refugees medically evaluating those who wanted to make a new home in the US. Dr. Orsinger was a family physician in Arlington and a charter member of the American Academy of Family Practice and the Board of Directors of Northern Virginia Doctor's Hospital. From 1978 to his retirement he was a staff physician at the Central Intelligence Agency in Langley, Virginia. Dr. Orsinger compiled the stories of his life as a physician in My Family Practice Journey, a unique look into a very long medical career before the institutionalization of medicine.
Details
- Publication Date
- May 7, 2008
- Language
- English
- Category
- Biographies & Memoirs
- Copyright
- All Rights Reserved - Standard Copyright License
- Contributors
- By (author): William Orsinger
Specifications
- Pages
- 422
- Binding
- Perfect Bound
- Interior Color
- Black & White
- Dimensions
- US Trade (6 x 9 in / 152 x 229 mm)