When the Air Hits Your Brain
Tales from Neurosurgery
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Narrated by:
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Kirby Heyborne
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Written by:
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Frank T Vertosick Jr. MD
About this listen
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.
©2008 Frank T. Vertosick, Jr., MD (P)2016 TantorWhat the critics say
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- Angela
- 2023-01-11
Excellent read
I thought this book might be boring. Not at all!!! I was fascinated. I love reading medical books
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- Jules
- 2021-01-22
Loved it!
As a future medical student I loved this book. It was honest and inspiring. I highly recommend it to anyone interested in the medical field.
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- Anna
- 2023-10-14
Really good!
Really liked it, well paced, gives good insight into medicine for non medical people, without being boring & drawn out. Also made good points while incorporating them into the story, without making it feel like a lesson or a lecture. Well written and interesting. I’m a fan of this type of book, collections of stories by different doctors, and this one was definitely one of my favourites so far. Definitely recommend
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- Momma bear
- 2021-01-28
Spellbinding
2nd. Time around, this book still resonates. Very human together with very technical both of the Surgeon and the patient.
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- Kathryn
- 2023-09-18
Fantastic!
This book was interesting, funny and even a bit suspenseful! Great book, I thoroughly enjoyed this audiobook!
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- Chris mercredi
- 2023-01-28
Above expectations
Wow such an interesting insight into the life of a training neurosurgeon and insights on life and evolution.
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- Karen
- 2023-07-11
Was sorry when it ended
What a wonderful story about the brain and
Those who dedicate their lives to helping us when things goes awry in our heads.
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- Jeff T
- 2023-08-22
Great read!
We get a thousand lives if we read. Worth adding this one.
I'll need a second pass to bookmark the neurology takeaways. Could have done it in one with a pad and paper.
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- Gleason9
- 2022-05-01
When the Air Hits Your Brain
An excellent listen! Very entertaining and informative for the layman interested in the discipline of neurology !
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- Tina Nanyangwe Moyo
- 2023-07-24
Unputdownable!
A tantalizing listen from beginning to end! Superbly narrated 🤩
I once dreamed of becoming a medical doctor and then a surgeon. Listening to this book made me fill a living void I constantly lived with. Frank narrates this book with so much creativity, passion and real-world imagery.
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