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Dr. Mutter's Marvels: A True Tale of Intrigue and Innovation at the Dawn of Modern Medicine

Categorie	Algemeen wetenschap
Boeknummer	#360268-VE45
Titel	Dr. Mutter's Marvels: A True Tale of Intrigue and Innovation at the Dawn of Modern Medicine
Auteur	O'Keefe Aptowicz, Cristin
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	New York, NY : Avery
Jaar van uitgave	2015
ISBN10	1592409253
ISBN13	9781592409259
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Paperback, illustrations in b/w, 8vo.
Samenvatting	A mesmerizing biography of the brilliant and eccentric medical innovator who revolutionized American surgery and founded the country's most famous museum of medical oddities Imagine undergoing an operation without anesthesia, performed by a surgeon who refuses to sterilize his tools—or even wash his hands. This was the world of medicine when Thomas Dent Mütter began his trailblazing career as a plastic surgeon in Philadelphia during the mid-nineteenth century. Although he died at just forty-eight, Mütter was an audacious medical innovator who pioneered the use of ether as anesthesia, the sterilization of surgical tools, and a compassion-based vision for helping the severely deformed, which clashed spectacularly with the sentiments of his time. Brilliant, outspoken, an... (Lees verder)d brazenly handsome, Mütter was flamboyant in every aspect of his life. He wore pink silk suits to perform surgery, added an umlaut to his last name just because he could, and amassed an immense collection of medical oddities that would later form the basis of Philadelphia's renowned Mütter Museum.
Pagina's	369
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 15,00

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