In 1976, Paul Waymack began chronicling his experience as a third-year medical student, and for the next 20 years, he kept a journal filled with crazy stories of unusual patients, maladies, and international espionage.
Some of them, he's the first to admit, seem unbelievable--like chasing a naked patient around the ER parking lot in the middle of the night .
or constructing a horse sling for a 700-pound patient .
or treating a patient who swallowed a cigarette lighter .
or serving as a major in the U.
Army Medical Corps during the Cold War, on orders of the president and with a KGB agent hot on his tail in the Soviet Union.
In his wildest dreams, Dr.
Waymack could never have imagined most of what he experienced as a doctor, but these stories are all true.
He couldn't have made them up if he tried.
About the Author J.
Paul Waymack, M.
is the founder and chairman of Kitov Pharmaceuticals, a drug development company.
He lives in Washington, D.
, with his wife, Barbara, and their two sons.
Lighted Candle Society Well, doc, it seemed like a good idea at the time!: the unexpected adventures of a trauma surgeon, paperback/elayne wells harmer
