Title: The Blind Doctor: The Jacob Bolatin Story
Author: Rosalind Perlman
Publisher: Blue Point Books
Copyright Date: 2007-07
ISBN: 1883423147
Type: Paperback
Book condition: Near Fine
Jacket condition: None as issued
Edition: Large Type

Notes: Excellent copy, nearly new. Tiny bit of shelf wear to cover corner tips, but overall looks great. No writing, highlighting, marks, or creased page corners to text. Binding tight and square; no creases to spine or cover. Large print edition.

About the Book

In The Blind Doctor: The Jacob Bolotin Story, Rosalind Perlman tells the fascinating story of a remarkable man who was born blind to poor 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. When Dr. Bolotin died in 1924 at the age of thirty-six, five thousand people attended his funeral.

This inspiring biography is based on the memories of the author's husband, Alfred Perlman, who was the nephew of Dr. Bolotin's wife and lived with the Bolotins for several years when he was a boy.

Cover price: $24.95