Arnold has signed the agreement with Stanford University Hospital for his internship in surgery.
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Letters among the William E. Nevis family from World War II into the Baby Boom and the Eighties. 1943-1986. The first set of letters are World War II letters from Leonard J. Nevis to his brother Arnold H. Nevis, 1943–1945; second set to and from Arnold 1943–1951; third set Nevis and Wolfe family history; fourth set Arnold and Newlin 1952–1986; and final set Newlin's story 1986–2016
Arnold has signed the agreement with Stanford University Hospital for his internship in surgery.
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The formal letter of office arrives from Stanford University Hospital:
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Arnold arrived in Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada, at the beginning of July 1950. Twillingate is off the northeastern shore of the island.
Here are some of his postcards. They all had unfranked Newfoundland stamps on the back but I only scanned the one back side. Newfoundland was a separate Dominion from Canada in the British Commonwealth until 1949, when it joined the Dominion of Canada. They issued their own stamps through 1949. This two-cent stamp of King George VI may have been issued as early as 1938.
Arnold related an incident from a home visit where his colleague Clem Hiebert delivered a baby in Newfoundland. The family requested some grace. Somewhat surprised, he happily said a prayer for the baby. The family thanked him for the prayer, but again requested grace. Finally he came to understand they were saying grease, but it sounded like grace to him; he offered some ointment for the new-born baby. In Clem's book Seldom Come By: A Surgeon's Stories, 2003, that delivery was actually of twins.
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Notre Dame Bay Memorial Hospital and Nurses' Home, Twillingate, Newfoundland (postcard) |
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"Seldom Come By: The Worthwhileness of a Career in Surgery," Archives of Surgury, 1989, vol. 124, issue 5, pages 530–534 |
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Clem Hiebert, Jerry Foster, Arnold Nevis, 1950 |
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Clem Hiebert's photo of Arnold operating with Jerry Foster and an unidentified nurse, 1950, from the Newfoundland and Labrador Public Library collections |
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1950 photo by Clement Hiebert of a very tired Arnold Nevis returning from rounds by boat, Twillingate Harbour |
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Arnold is very enthusiastic about his studies and learning diagnosis and surgery:
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