| Summary: | Interviewed by Daniel C. Lyman on 10 occasions from 10 November 1989 to 27 June 1990 in Waco, Texas. 10 387 pages; index Hannibal Joe Jaworski was a physician in Waco, Texas, and served in the army medical corps during World War II; family origins in Eastern Europe; immigration to America; mother’s death; schooling in Geronimo, Texas; father’s career as Evangelical church preacher; education, Waco High School and Baylor University; employment, Central Texas Baptist Sanitarium; education, Baylor University and Baylor College of Medicine; first job at Waco clinic; postgraduate study, New York, Boston, Montreal, and Vienna; payments during Great Depression; recollections of Rudolph Demel; development of methods to relieve gastric distention; revision of mastectomy surgeries; study with Dr. Sauerbruch, Berlin; study with Dr. Haas, Munich; new treatments for tic doloreaux; enlistment in army medical corps, World War II; chief surgeon at McCloskey General Hospital, Temple, Texas; origins of early ambulation technique; McCloskey study of penicillin; improvements in anesthesia; establishment of field hospital in Philippines; treatment of American POWs; treating starving refugees; medical visits to Japanese commander; conflicts between doctors and military; reestablishing private practice; experiences as ship’s doctor, 1930; life in Vienna; brother Leon’s career; big game hunting; researching walrus in Alaska; treating indigenous peoples on hunting trips; social and civic activities; technological and other changes in medicine; food conservation during World War I; honors received; honor from Carnegie Foundation for rescuing two men from drowning; financial aid to medical students; free surgeries; personal philosophy on helping others.
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