A Modern Wizard (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Rodrigues Ottolengui

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1330614380 ISBN 13: 9781330614389

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

A dramatic tale of ambition, crime, and a brilliant doctor who tests the limits of science and sanity.

In this novel, two young lawyers chase a sensational murder case that grips New York's legal world. As they dive into a mysterious death on a boardinghouse, a captivating physician enters the scene with a mind as sharp as his intellect. The story blends courtroom intrigue with philosophical debates about immortality, the soul, and what science should dare to do.

- Follow the clash between motive, medicine, and the law as clues unfold.
- Watch how science and ethics collide in a high-stakes experiment.
- Explore themes of genius, obsession, and the cost of pursuing knowledge.
- Experience a mood of tension, wit, and psychological puzzle that drives the plot.

Ideal for readers who enjoy classic-era detective fiction mixed with philosophical questions and charmed by a tightly wound, character-driven mystery.

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Excerpt from A Modern Wizard

Mr. Dudley was sorting some papers and deftly tying them into bundles with red tape. Why lawyers will per sist in using tape Of a sanguine color is an unsolvable mystery to me, unless it may be that they are loath to dis turb the many Old adages in which the significant couplet Of words appears. However that may be, Mr. Dudley paused in his occupation, attracted by an exclamation from his partner, who had been reading a morning paper.

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About the Author

Rodrigues Ottolengui (1861-1937) was an American writer and dentist of Sephardic descent. Born in Charleston, South Carolina, he moved to New York, where he would spend most of his adult life, in 1877. One of three children, Ottolengui was a son of Daniel Ottolengui and Helen Rosalie Rodrigues Ottolengui; he had a sister, Helen, and a brother, Lee. He was the editor of Items of Interest: A Monthly Magazine of Dental Art, Science, and Literature for thirty-five years, which he continued to edit after retiring from dentistry; he compiled Table Talks on Dentistry, drawing from articles in Items of Interest. A dental pioneer, Ottolengui was one of the first to use X-rays and was a specialist in orthodontics and root canal therapy. He was also interested in entomology, taxidermy, and photography. His wife, May C. Hall Ottolengui, died on 10 July 1936; he died at his New York residence the next year of a heart ailment and a stroke caused by a long illness.

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1330614380
• ISBN 13: 9781330614389
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 446