biography
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Dooley, Thomas (Anthony, III)
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1927–61)
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| biography:
| Physician and writer, born in St Louis, Missouri, USA. He interrupted his education to serve in the US Navy medical corps (1944–6), and after taking his medical degree he served with the US Navy (1953–6). Assigned to a ship helping Vietnamese fleeing north to south, he set up a refugee camp near Haiphong, and his account of this work, Deliver Us from Evil (1956), gained him national attention. He resigned from the navy and went to Laos, where he established two medical clinics. His account of this experience, The Edge of Tomorrow (1958), plus his lectures, attracted still more financial support for his efforts. He helped found the Medical International Co-operation Organization (MEDICO), and returned to set up other clinics in SE Asia, one of which in Laos was featured in his The Night They Burned the Mountain (1960). He died prematurely of cancer. |
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