To Bind Up Their Wounds

About the Book

To Bind Up Their Wounds forms a poetic memoir spanning two generations of men living in peace and in wartime. Dr. Trueblood’s father’s fifty year career as a country doctor was punctuated by a three year stint over seas in World War II. The author’s forty years in general surgery was permanently colored by a year in a hospital unit in DaNang Vietnam. There is a sense that medicine for both father and son was much more than a profession; it was a calling and a passion, and served as a great opening into the lives of peoples.

About the Author

Dr. Trueblood grew up in Indianola, Iowa and graduated from Earlham College and Stanford Medical School. He is Clinical Professor of Surgery Emeritus at Stanford Medical School. He teaches bedside diagnostic skills to Stanford medical students at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in San Jose. He lives with his wife in northern California. They have two children and five grandchildren.