Dr. Mutter's Marvels: A True Tale of Intrigue and Innovation at the Dawn of Modern Medicine - Softcover

O'Keefe Aptowicz, Cristin

 
9781592409259: Dr. Mutter's Marvels: A True Tale of Intrigue and Innovation at the Dawn of Modern Medicine
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1592409253 ISBN 13: 9781592409259
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group, 2015

Synopsis

Thomas Mutter was an audacious medical innovator who pioneered the use of ether as anaesthesia, the sterilisation of surgical tools and a compassion-based vision for helping the severely deformed, which clashed with the sentiments of the mid-nineteenth century. Brilliant, outspoken and handsome, Mutter was flamboyant in every aspect of his life. He wore pink silk suits to perform surgery, added an umlaut to his surname just because he could and amassed an immense collection of medical oddities that would later form Philadelphia's Mutter Museum.

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About the Author

Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz is an award-winning writer of Words in Your Face: A Guided Tour Through Twenty Years of the New York City Poetry Slam and popular touring poet and spoken-word performer. She lives in Austin, Texas.

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Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date
2015
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1592409253
ISBN 13 
9781592409259
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
384

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