Blood, Sweat & Gears: Ramblings on Motorcycling and Medicine
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.69 (751 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1884313035 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 112 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-09-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Dr. -- City Bike, December 1995"Quirky, funny, and eminently important for riders and non-riders alike, Blood, Sweat & Gears is a fine read. Much more. flash gordon has gone a long way towards teaching that motorcycling is more than following a twisty line and spongin' out the gravel after a spill. -- Rider, April 1996. flash gordon (yes, lower-case), this work, 'a collection of columns that originally appeared in City Bike, northern California's premiere motorcycling monthly," takes readers through 33 years of riding and decades of doctoring. Hearing that gordon has written a book called Blood, Sweat & Gears: Ramblings on Motorcycling and Medicine might not do much to change your opinion, either, even when you learned that gordon is a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians and is entitled to append M.D., as in medical doctor, to his name. Buy a copy." -- Motorcycle Times, Jan/Feb 1996"You'd think a guy whose real,
Not a medical journal, but still fun J. L. Greer Flash is a funny guy, in his own dry humor kind of way. However, if you bought this thinking you would get some medical info, you will be disappointed. The book is barely funny enough, but really short on info. The part on poison oak really wasn't funny as maybe he though it would be either(its not that I was offended, it just wasn't that funny). As a motorcycle instructor and mentorship group ride faci. Deryle Mehrten said Blood, Sweat and Gears - A must read for all motorcyclists!. Yes his name is Flash Gordon and he is a medical doctor with some very interesting experiences and credentials. He is also a motorcyclist who rides a fine BMW motorcycle. Doc Flash, like many of us motorcyclists, will use any excuse for a ride and I count him among my favorite riders to look for at rallies and ride-ins. His book is a collection of articles that he wrote for a California based cycle peri
One way is to drill information into the listener's head. Ever wonder what to check first when someone has an accident? How about treating road rash properly? Experiencing lower back pain, leg burns, hearing or sinus problems--even hemorrhoids? flash tells it like it is--giving sensible advice about what you can treat on your own and what you can't. It's filled with the author's amusing--and sometimes sobering--anecdotes from many years of directing a free clinic in San Francisco. West Coast humorist and offbeat motorcycling personality flash gordon, m.d., (ye
He's been the director of the Emergency Residency Program at San Francisco General Hospital, a practicing emergency doc, and Medical Director of the Haight Ashbury Free Medical Clinic. . His writing has appeared in CityBike magazine, the Whole Earth Review, a number of nationally distributed motorcycle monthlies, and other publications. He's been riding motorcycles since 1961, and currently rides a highly modified BMW R-Se