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When the Air Hits Your Brain

Tales from Neurosurgery

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When the Air Hits Your Brain

Written by: Frank T Vertosick Jr. MD
Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
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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 Tantor Medical Medicine & Health Care Industry Professionals & Academics Human Brain Medicine Witty Inspiring Surgery Health Care Brain Surgery

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"A riveting report that shatters the mystique of the brain surgeon as a wizard of technical prowess." ( Publishers Weekly)
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I thought this book might be boring. Not at all!!! I was fascinated. I love reading medical books

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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.

Loved it!

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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

Really good!

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2nd. Time around, this book still resonates. Very human together with very technical both of the Surgeon and the patient.

Spellbinding

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This book was interesting, funny and even a bit suspenseful! Great book, I thoroughly enjoyed this audiobook!

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