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Dr. Mutter's Marvels

Hardcover • 2014 • English

Dr. Mutter's Marvels

By Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz

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About the book

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 tools--or even wash his hands. This was the world of medicine when Thomas Dent Mutter began his trailblazing career as a plastic surgeon in Philadelphia during the middle of the nineteenth century. Although he died at j...Show more

Biography: arts and entertainment
Biography: science, technology and medicine
Medical profession

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ISBN

9781592408702

Publisher

Gotham Books

Published year

2014

Language

English

Original title

Dr. Mutter's Marvels

Format

Hardcover

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