Dr. Mutter's Marvels: A True Tale of Intrigue and Innovation at the Dawn of Modern Medicine
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| Rating | : | 4.15 (569 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1592409253 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 384 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-09-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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KE said book is phenomenal -- a non-fiction book that reads like a page-turner of a novel. This book is phenomenal -- a non-fiction book that reads like a page-turner of a novel. (Think Devil in a White City or Into Thin Air). Dr. Mutter's Marvels traces tells the story of the life of Thomas Dent Mutter, but it is also an incredibly fascinating account of the birth of modern medicine. This is not a subject that is ordinarily at the top of my "to read" list, but Aptowicz has crafted it into a deeply compelling story -- I found myself wanting to get to bed early each night so that I could read more! The book is also extensively researched and sourced. Highly recommended!. Huzzah for Mutter! Huzzah for this book! Jeffrey P. Seasholtz If you have ever been to the Mutter Museum in Philadelphia, which houses one of the largest collections of medical oddities in America, it is more likely you will walk out of the museum with your head full of questions such as "Why did that woman turn into soap?" and "How did that guy walk around with a 300 pound colon?" However, you might not ask yourself, "Who collected all of this weird, freaky stuff and why?" and that's what Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz's new book seeks to answer.Who was Thomas Dent Mutter?Turns out he was one of the most innovative characters in early medical history who revolutionized the. In a few hundred pages, Christin O'Keefe Aptowicz packs In a few hundred pages, Christin O'Keefe Aptowicz packs the history of medicine in Philadelphia, the origins of anesthesia and surgery, and the history of the founding of Thomas Jefferson University Hospital through the person of Thomas Mutter, a virtuoso surgeon and founder of the Mutter museum. As an orthopaedic surgeon and Philadelphia native, I found it mesmerizing, each page revealing to me another previously unknown tidbit, but I was even more surprised to see the appeal it carried for my family and friends, outside the medical profession. For anyone with an interest in the history of medicine, or Phi
Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz immerses us in the strange world of Dr. Mütter’s Marvels is narrative nonfiction at its best. Mütter’s Marvels is both an insightful portrait of a pioneering surgeon and a reminder of how far medicine has come.”—BookPage“Dr. Ross, author of Shakespeare’s Tremor and Orwell’s Cough: Diagnosing the Medical Groans and Last Gasps of Ten Great Writers“An extraordinary, moving, and humbling story about a remarkable and compassionate surgeon who changed the face of medicine forever. Mütter’s visionary work and the legacy he left us in the shape of one of the world&rsquo
(Foremost among them: Charles D. Mütter’s Marvels interweaves an eye-opening portrait of nineteenth-century medicine with the riveting biography of a man once described as the “P. Although he died at just forty-eight, Mütter was an audacious medical innovator who pioneered the use of ether as anesthesia, the sterilization of surgical tools, and a compassion-based vision for helping the severely deformed, which clashed spectacularly with the sentiments of his time. T. This was the world of medicine when Thomas Dent Mütter began his trailblazing career as a plastic surgeon in Philadelphia during the mid-nineteenth century. He wore pink silk suits to perform surgery, added an umlaut to his last name just because he could, and amassed an immense collection of medical oddities that would later form the basis of Philadelphia’s renowned Mütter Museum. Award-winning writer Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz vividly chronicles how Mütter’s efforts helped establish Philadelphia as a global mecca for medical innovation—despite intense resistance from his numerous rivals. Meigs, an influential obstetrician who loathed Mütter’s “overly modern” medical opinions.) In the narrative spirit of The Devil in the White City, Dr. A mesmerizing biography of
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