About this title: With poignant insight and humour, "When the Air Hits Your Brain" chronicles a man's evolution from naive and ambitious young houseman to world-class neurosurgeon. In electrifying detail, Frank Vertosick Jr describes some of the greatest challenges of his career, including a six-week-old infant with a tumour in her brain, a young man struck down in his prime by paraplegia and a clergyman 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 ...
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Edition: Illustrated.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780393330496ISBN:0393330494
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
Date Published: 2008-03-30
ISBN-13:9780393330496ISBN:0393330494
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: W. W. Norton
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780393330496ISBN:0393330494
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"I liked this one very much. Very real, language is stong. Surprisingly a neurosurgeon could generate such a book. My typical interaction with neurosurgeons would lead me to believe such humanity and artistry could not exist among 'brain surgeons' Vertosick deals with much broader range of topics than Hot Lights, Cold Steel"
"I loved this book. It was absolutely fascinating and hilarious in parts, especially when the author describes his first day in rotation in neurosurgery."
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