| Description |
1 online resource |
| Summary |
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. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. New York : W. W. Norton & Company, 2012. Requires OverDrive Read (file size: N/A KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 696 KB) or Kobo app or compatible Kobo device (file size: N/A KB) or Amazon Kindle (file size: N/A KB). |
| Subject |
Vertosick, Frank T.
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Neurosurgeons -- United States -- Biography.
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Brain -- Wounds and injuries -- Patients -- United States.
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Brain -- Diseases -- Patients -- United States.
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Neurosurgery -- Personal Narratives.
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| Genre |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Original 9780393330496 |
| ISBN |
9780393344028 (electronic bk) |
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