Medical Misadventures - Arnold Tweed

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Medical Misadventures: What I didn’t Learn in Medical School Publisher: Bellefield Publishing, Toronto Author: Arnold Tweed, MD Genre: creative non-fiction Sub-categories: medical humour, medical essays, memoirs. SUMMARY Medical Misadventures is a glimpse behind the curtain, exposing the predicaments faced by a doctor when things don’t go as expected. The consequences are often humorous, sometimes embarassing, and occasionally downright humiliating. I have experienced them all! But sometimes fortune smiles, the stars align and our prayers are answered. Those are the miraculous events that medical science cannot explain. They remind us that the art of medicine is still important and that hope is never extinguished. I have written this book with medical practitioners and students in mind and have used some medical terminology and themes. But I believe the medicalise will be easily understood by literate lay readers, enough to persuade them that they are peeking into the mysterious and esoteric world of real medicine. My djinn laughs, “They are looking into a mirror. All they will see is themselves on another stage.” This book contains 28 essays distilled from my medical encounters. They lean more towards medical humour than guidance. It is a memoir that has been great fun to write. Arnold Tweed, MD 204 Geoffrey Street Toronto ON M6R1P8 Ph: 416-532-3603 Mobile: 416-836-6578 Email: arnoldtw@arnoldtweed.com

About me

Welcome to my web page. I am William A. (Arnold) Tweed, a retired anesthesiologist living in Toronto, Canada with my wife, Glenyce. I graduated from the University of Manitoba Medical School in 1964 and did a 12 month rotating interneship at the Winnipeg General Hospital. In those days that was sufficient to obtain a general license to practice medicine. Internes were responsible for much of the front line care of patients and rarely left the hospital. Their hours and workloads would be considered abusive now, but then it was part of the rites of passage. Some of my stories are from that era.
I have had a varied and stimulating career as a physician in the Royal Canadian Navy, general practitioner, emergency physician, intensivist and anesthesiologist. My CV and publications are available online and the links can be found in the About section.