How long does it take to read The Making of a Surgeon?
William A. Nolen
The Making of a Surgeon by William A. Nolen takes about 5 hours 15 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 15 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1972. 286 pages, about 78,650 words.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 44 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 15 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 17 minutes |
The page count is the median across 7 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
I read this book before medical school. It was great. House of God came out in my era and was dominant, but I am sure the author, the Fat Man, read The Making of a Surgeon before he wrote House of God. It has the first description of a Fecal Microbiome Transplant. That is why I am looking it up today. The county library does not have a copy.
Subjects: Physicians, Biography
