Dr. MÃ¼tter's Marvels A True Tale of Intrigue and Innovation at the Dawn of Modern Medicine

Name: Dr. MÃ¼tter's Marvels A True Tale of Intrigue and Innovation at the Dawn of Modern Medicine
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ISBN: 9781592408702

ISBN-10: 1592408702

ISBN-13: 9781592408702

Edition: 2014

Authors: Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz

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A mesmerizing biography of the brilliant and eccentric medical innovator who revolutionized American surgery and founded the country’s most famous museum of medical oddities Imagine undergoing an operation without anesthesia performed by a surgeon who refuses to sterilize his toolsor even wash his hands. This was the world of medicine when Thomas Dent Mütter began his trailblazing career as a plastic surgeon in Philadelphia during the middle of the nineteenth century. Although he died at just forty-eight, Mütter was an audacious medical innovator who pioneered the use of ether as anesthesia, the sterilization of surgical tools, and a compassion-based vision for helping the severely…

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List price: $27.50
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 9/4/2014
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 372
Size: 6.31" wide x 9.38" long x 1.19" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English