| When the Air Hits Your Brain: Tales of Neurosurgery Contributor(s): Vertosick, Frank (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393330494 ISBN-13: 9780393330496 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $16.10 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2008 Annotation: "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 nave 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Surgery - Neurosurgery - Medical | History - Biography & Autobiography | Medical (incl. Patients) |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2008271233 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.5" W x 8.3" (0.50 lbs) 272 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: With poignant insight and humor, Frank Vertosick Jr., MD, 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Vertosick, Frank: - Frank Vertosick Jr., MD, is the author of Why We Hurt and When the Air Hits Your Brain. He retired from surgery due to Parkinson's disease in 2002, but he still treats office patients in Washington, Pennsylvania. |