No Mans Blood

by Gene Church

Awesome book. Well written book about a surgeon "Ron Lapin", of Jewish descent, who helped saved thousands of lives through surgery. Thousands of surgeries were offered to Jehovahs Witnesses without the use of blood. The witnesses could not get any other doctors in the USA to helped them in emergencies, and in general surgeries, and were told to go home and die unless they had blood. Holding firm to their biblically based beliefs, Jehovahs Witnesses sort out this surgeon who willingly helped them, and did so many times at cost to himself financially and emotionally. He spearheaded the start of bloodless surgery in the world, became a Nobel Prize winner for his efforts and pioneered the start to a well known and respected art in medicine - Bloodless Surgery. He helped set up bloodless surgery hospitals in the world; pioneered new surgical methods/techniques and equipment to master his trade. He was ostracised by his own colleagues, friends and other medical associations. He was sued by