When the Air Hits Your Brain: Tales from Neurosurgery
by Frank Vertosick Jr.
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Author: Frank Vertosick Jr.Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-03-17
ISBN: 0393330494
Number of pages: 272
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Summary of When the Air Hits Your Brain: Tales from Neurosurgery
"Dramatic, moving, and utterly fascinating." ?New York Times Book Review
With poignant insight and humor, When the Air Hits Your Brain chronicles one man?s evolution from naïve and ambitious young intern to world-class neurosurgeon. In electrifying detail, Frank Vertosick Jr. describes some of the greatest challenges of his career, including a six-week-old infant with a tumor in her brain, a young man struck down in his prime by paraplegia, and a minister with a .22-caliber bullet lodged in his skull. Told through intimate portraits of Vertosick?s patients and unsparing yet fascinatingly detailed descriptions of surgical procedures, When the Air Hits Your Brain?the culmination of decades spent struggling to learn an unforgiving craft?illuminates both the mysteries of the mind and the realities of the operating room.Medical Books
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