Arrowsmith Beginnings

Okay folks, I think I have found the first Pulitzer that has me a bit baffled. So far I'm not too excited about this one, mostly because there are a lot of big medical words I don't understand. I get the basic underlining story, but I'm afraid a lot is going over my head because I don't know what he is talking about. So far the story is about a young man who is going to medical school because he has always wanted to be a doctor, thanks to an old doctor in his hometown that he assisted. While at medical school he realizes that he doesn't agree with all the commercialism that comes with being a doctor, namely getting patients and where to practice to earn the most money, etc. He loves the science and is in awe of a professor named Gottlieb who is a bacteriologist and Martin Arrowsmith (he's the main character by the way) wants to be just like him. He just got out of a huge bind with two girls and seems to be on tract to being happy. I'm only about 76 pages in and feeling a big overwhelmed. I really like to read books blind, meaning I don't want to know what it is about before I start, that way I don't have any expectations for the book. I've really enjoyed this approach with these Pulitzer books, so we'll see where this one leads.