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Operation Brother's Brother

Cyril E. Bryant and Lars Peterson

This is the story of an effort to ease the world’s suffering. It begins with a man who dedicated his life and skill to save thousands through the use of his painless jet inoculator, helping to largely rid the earth of smallpox. The medical profession knew Dr. Robert Hingson as an inspired innovator. He invented a portable respirator anesthesia machine which is small enough to be carried in a doctor’s satchel. And he developed the method that relieves the suffering and danger of childbirth. With his painless “peace gun” and his untiring efforts, Dr. Hingson embarked on his utopian dream of a world cleansed of such dread diseases as smallpox, leprosy, yellow fever, measles, and cholera. In so doing he created a charity, Brother’s Brother Foundation, that today carries his standard embodied in its motto: “Connecting People’s Resources with People’s Needs.” Over the decades, this foundation has adapted its mission to the world’s most pressing problems, becoming a leader first in seed distribution and educational book delivery, as well as pharmaceuticals, later in medical supplies and equipment. Today, the charity has grown from humble origins into a distributor of hundreds of millions of dollars annually in aid to an average of sixty countries. And for the past half century, Brother’s Brother Foundation has brought relief to millions affected by flood and famine, earthquake and epidemic. It has widened its reach and operations, poised to expand its role in responding to humanitarian and natural disasters. All based on Dr. Hingson’s vision of the world as our neighborhood and humanity as our neighbor.

Hamilton Books

Pages: 224 • Trim: 5¾ x 9

978-0-7618-7087-6 • Hardback • May 2019 • $62.00 • (£48.00)

978-0-7618-7081-4 • Paperback • May 2019 • $26.99 • (£19.99)

978-0-7618-7082-1 • eBook • May 2019 • $25.50 • (£19.99)

Subjects: Social Science / Disasters & Disaster Relief, Social Science / Volunteer Work, Social Science / Social Change, Medical / Public Health

Operation Brother's Brother

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Summary

Summary

This is the story of an effort to ease the world’s suffering. It begins with a man who dedicated his life and skill to save thousands through the use of his painless jet inoculator, helping to largely rid the earth of smallpox. The medical profession knew Dr. Robert Hingson as an inspired innovator. He invented a portable respirator anesthesia machine which is small enough to be carried in a doctor’s satchel. And he developed the method that relieves the suffering and danger of childbirth. With his painless “peace gun” and his untiring efforts, Dr. Hingson embarked on his utopian dream of a world cleansed of such dread diseases as smallpox, leprosy, yellow fever, measles, and cholera. In so doing he created a charity, Brother’s Brother Foundation, that today carries his standard embodied in its motto: “Connecting People’s Resources with People’s Needs.” Over the decades, this foundation has adapted its mission to the world’s most pressing problems, becoming a leader first in seed distribution and educational book delivery, as well as pharmaceuticals, later in medical supplies and equipment. Today, the charity has grown from humble origins into a distributor of hundreds of millions of dollars annually in aid to an average of sixty countries. And for the past half century, Brother’s Brother Foundation has brought relief to millions affected by flood and famine, earthquake and epidemic. It has widened its reach and operations, poised to expand its role in responding to humanitarian and natural disasters. All based on Dr. Hingson’s vision of the world as our neighborhood and humanity as our neighbor.

Details

Details

Hamilton Books

Pages: 224 • Trim: 5¾ x 9

978-0-7618-7087-6 • Hardback • May 2019 • $62.00 • (£48.00)

978-0-7618-7081-4 • Paperback • May 2019 • $26.99 • (£19.99)

978-0-7618-7082-1 • eBook • May 2019 • $25.50 • (£19.99)

Subjects: Social Science / Disasters & Disaster Relief, Social Science / Volunteer Work, Social Science / Social Change, Medical / Public Health

Author

Author

Cyril E. Bryant was the first director of communications and long-time journalist for Baptist Press. Known for his contributions to religious journalism, he passed away in 2000 at the age of 82. Having privileged access to the early history of Brother’s Brother Foundation, including as a member of the world medical mission that launched the organization, Bryant published the first edition of Operation Brother’s Brother in 1968.

Lars Peterson received his PhD in History at the University of Pittsburgh, with a special focus on Latin America. His dissertation centered on state provision and workers’ movements in Uruguay. He has worked with Brother’s Brother Foundation for many years.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Forward to the 2018 Republication

Foreword by Billy Graham

Chapter 1: A Very Sick World

Chapter 2: Bob Hingson’s Obsession, and How It Grew

Chapter 3:: Hingson the Innovator

Chapter 4: A Dream Is Launched

Chapter 5: Global Medical Mission Survey

Chapter 6: Brother’s Brother Is Born

Chapter 7: Years of Persuasion

Chapter 8: The Death of Smallpox in Liberia

Chapter 9: A Belt of Immunity in Central America

Chapter 10: Crusade in Honduras

Chapter 11: New Hope in Nicaragua

Chapter 12: A Health Resource Pool for Central America

Chapter 13: A Sick World Made Well

Chapter 14: The Role of Volunteer Agencies

Epilogue

Afterward: Brother’s Brother Post-1968

Appendix 1: Immunization Against Disease

Appendix 2: My Experience with the Lord Jesus, Robert A. Hingson, M.D.

Appendix 3: The Physician and the Burning of Rome, Robert A. Hingson, M.D.

Appendix 4: The Solution

Appendix 5: Brother’s Brother Foundation Fact Sheet

Index

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