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When the Air Hits Your Brain : Tales of Neurosurgery
Overview
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.
Details
- ISBN-13: 9780393330496
- ISBN-10: 0393330494
- Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
- Publish Date: March 2008
- Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.5 pounds
- Page Count: 272
