The Blind Doctor: The Jacob Bolotin Story - Softcover

Perlman, Rosalind

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1883423147 ISBN 13: 9781883423148

Publisher: Blue Point Books, 2007

Synopsis

The Blind Doctor: The Jacob Bolotin Story reveals the amazing life of a remarkable man who was born blind to poor parents in Chicago in 1888. Rejecting the conventional wisdom of his time that marginalized the blind, he fought his way into and through the Chicago College of Medicine, graduated with honors at twenty-four, and became the world's first totally blind physician fully licensed to practice medicine. By the time he was thirty, he was one of the top heart and lung specialists in the city.Jacob Bolotin’s story is both fascinating and inspirational. He was one of the first to raise the awareness of the world to the plight of the blind. His speeches about his own life and the need for treating people with disabilities as capable and productive citizens were in such demand he often gave four talks a day while working full time as a doctor and teaching at three medical colleges. When Jacob Bolotin died at the age of thirty-six, five thousand people attended his funeral.

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From the Inside Flap:

Jacob Bolotin was born blind to poor Jewish parents in Chicago in 1888. Rejecting the conventional wisdom of his time, he was determined to “be of use” in the world. He learned Braille and developed an uncanny sense of touch and hearing that would later make him one of the top heart and lung specialists in the city. To pay for his education, Jacob sold brushes, then typewriters, door-to-door. He fought his way into and through the Chicago College of Medicine, graduated with honors at twenty-four, and became the world's first totally blind physician fully licensed to practice medicine.The voice of Dr. Jacob Bolotin was one of the first to raise the awareness of the world to the plight of the blind. His speeches about his own life and the need for treating people with disabilities as capable and productive citizens were in such demand he often gave four talks a day while working full time as a doctor and teaching at three medical colleges. He also started one of the first blind Boy Scout troops in the United States.Dr. Jacob Bolotin died in 1924; he was only thirty-six years old. Five thousand people attended his funeral.

About the Author:

Rosalind Perlman was born in Chicago in 1911. She was educated at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, and later at St. Louis Teachers College. She met her husband, Alfred, when she returned to Chicago after completing her education, and they were married in 1938.While Alfred was serving in Army quartermaster corps during World War II, Rosalind wrote and produced a weekly radio series for the Chicago Tribune station, WGN, and taught script writing. After Alfred returned from serving overseas, the couple moved to Santa Maria, California in 1952, where Alfred taught high school. In Santa Maria, Rosalind taught speech and drama at Hancock College for the Pacific Conservatory for the Performing Arts, where she frequently acted as well as starred in productions. She also wrote a regular column for the Santa Maria Times.The completion and publication of The Blind Doctor: The Jacob Bolotin Story was the dream they worked on together until Alfred?s death in 2001 at the age of 92. Rosalind continued to work on the manuscript and, with her bequest to the Santa Barbara Foundation, finally made sure that Jacob?s story would be told. And by setting up the annual Dr. Jacob Bolotin Award to be given out by the National Federation of the Blind, she carried on his legacy by honoring other exceptional individuals who happen to be blind. Rosalind died in 2004 at the age of 93.

About this edition

• Publisher: Blue Point Books
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1883423147
• ISBN 13: 9781883423148
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 401