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Dr. Thomas Dooley - Destined To Become A Saint - Died When only 33
DOOLEY, DR. Thomas A. (1927-1961). Noted jungle physician. Completed premedical studies at Notre Dame (1948), A disciple of Albert Schweitzer. Dooley gained first hand knowledge of Communist atrocities. With the co-operation of the Laos Government he founded the hospital at Nam Tha. Her returned to America to launch Medico. While carrying his healing mission into still remote mountain villages, Dooley fell from a steep cliff badly injuring his chest which caused a tumor. This was diagnosed as cancer. He died shortly afterwards. Very RARE typed quotation from his book "Doctor Tom Dooley, My Story" one page, boldly signed with a two word sentiment and a large signature. Together with a portrait of Dr. Dooley shaking hands with President Ngo Dinh Diem in Saigon. Dooley was awarded the nation's highest award by President Ngo Dinh Diem. The typed quotation reads as follows: "In the evening when the chaos and sadness and pain of the day gave way to the silence of the night, I would remember that humanity is God on earth and that a doctor's job is to cure sometimes, to relieve often and to comfort always. At such times I would think of the bridge of friendship that joined our hospital at Muong Sing to far-off America. And I thought, too, of Abraham Lincoln's words, 'Freedom is for all men in all lands everywhere.' Then I knew exactly why I had come to Laos and I was grateful to God for trusting me with his mission." A fabulous items and most likely one of a kind..$275.00
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