When the Air Hits Your Brain - Tales from Neurosurgery (Paperback)

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."

General

Imprint:	W W Norton & Co Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 2008
First published:	March 2008
Authors:	Frank Vertosick
Dimensions:	210 x 138 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	272
ISBN-13:	978-0-393-33049-6
Categories:	Books > Fiction > True stories > General Books > Medicine > Surgery > Neurosurgery Books > Health, Home & Family > Family & health > Popular medicine > General
LSN:	0-393-33049-4
Barcode:	9780393330496

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