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Gray matters : a biography of brain surgery / Theodore H. Schwartz.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schwartz, Theodore H., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Brain--Surgery.
- Brain.
- Nervous system--Surgery--History.
- Nervous system.
- Brain--surgery.
- Neurosurgical Procedures--history.
- Neurosurgery--history.
- Medical Subjects:
- Brain--surgery.
- Neurosurgical Procedures--history.
- Neurosurgery--history.
- Genre:
- Personal Narrative.
- Personal narratives.
- Physical Description:
- 496 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- [New York, New York] : Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2024]
- Summary:
- "A popular biography of brain surgery told by one of its preeminent practitioners"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Prologue
- I: Beginnings. The myth
- The training
- Penetrating head trauma
- Head-on collisions
- Sports neurosurgery
- II: How do brain surgeons think?. Weighing the risks
- Where to begin?
- The hardest part is knowing when to stop
- Journey to the center of the brain
- A timebomb in the brain
- Too close for comfort
- III: Who's in charge?. Psychosurgery or psycho surgeon?
- Luck favors the prepared mind
- What is it like to be a brain?
- We tell ourselves stories in order to live
- The terminal man
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgments
- Index.
- Notes:
- Place of publication from publisher's website.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 449-476) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780593474105
- 0593474104
- OCLC:
- 1410453073
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