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Mary Rudolf-Carpenter, his first cousin.
One of the most important conflicts in the novel has to do with who will captain the ship. In other words, who's best fit to lead the small society of the Seahawk? Cranick and the crew try to dethrone Jaggery during the first mutiny, but Cranick gets killed and Zachariah is beaten within an inch of his life.
John, Jacob, Amos, Daniel are common Amish male first names. Thought it would be Jedediah, Ezekiel or Zacariah? Nope, John is #1.
Carpenter
Dr. Daniel Hale Williams was the first African American heart surgeon.
Dr. Antonia C. Novello, was the first Hispanic and the first female Surgeon General, of the United States of America. Dr. Novello was Surgeon General from 1990-1993.
The first American plastic surgeon was John Peter Mettauer who performed the first cleft palate operation with instruments that he had designed himself.
Wisdom
she became the first general surgeon at some time...somewhere...over the rainbow...noodles
Galen was the first surgeon to learn the arteries, veins carry blood, not air
Galen was the first surgeon to learn the arteries, veins carry blood, not air
Eliabeth Blackwell