When the Air Hits Your Brain：Tales from Neurosurgery

作者: Frank Jr Vertosick 著

出版社: W.W. Norton & Co.

出版时间: 2008-04

版次: 1

ISBN: 9780393330496

定价: 192.10

装帧: 平装

开本: 其他

纸张: 其他

页数: 272页

正文语种: 英语

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>历史

Withpoignantinsightandhumour,"WhentheAirHitsYourBrain"chroniclesaman'sevolutionfromnaiveandambitiousyounghousemantoworld-classneurosurgeon.Inelectrifyingdetail,FrankVertosickJrdescribessomeofthegreatestchallengesofhiscareer,includingasix-week-oldinfantwithatumourinherbrain,ayoungmanstruckdowninhisprimebyparaplegiaandaclergymanwitha.22-caliberbulletlodgedinhisskull.ToldthroughintimateportraitsofVertosick'spatientsandunsparingyetfascinatinglydetaileddescriptionsofsurgicalprocedures,"WhentheAirHitsYourBrain"-theculminationofdecadesspentstrugglingtolearnanunforgivingcraft-illuminatesboththemysteriesofthemindandtherealitiesoftheoperatingroom. DRFRANKVERTOSICKJR,istheauthorofWhyWeHurtandTheGeniusWithin.HeretiredfromsurgeryduetoParkinson'sdiseasein2002,buthestilltreatsofficepatients.
内容简介:
Withpoignantinsightandhumour,"WhentheAirHitsYourBrain"chroniclesaman'sevolutionfromnaiveandambitiousyounghousemantoworld-classneurosurgeon.Inelectrifyingdetail,FrankVertosickJrdescribessomeofthegreatestchallengesofhiscareer,includingasix-week-oldinfantwithatumourinherbrain,ayoungmanstruckdowninhisprimebyparaplegiaandaclergymanwitha.22-caliberbulletlodgedinhisskull.ToldthroughintimateportraitsofVertosick'spatientsandunsparingyetfascinatinglydetaileddescriptionsofsurgicalprocedures,"WhentheAirHitsYourBrain"-theculminationofdecadesspentstrugglingtolearnanunforgivingcraft-illuminatesboththemysteriesofthemindandtherealitiesoftheoperatingroom.
作者简介:
DRFRANKVERTOSICKJR,istheauthorofWhyWeHurtandTheGeniusWithin.HeretiredfromsurgeryduetoParkinson'sdiseasein2002,buthestilltreatsofficepatients.

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