Harvey Cushing by Bliss

Harvey Cushing by Bliss

Here is the first biography to appear in fifty years of Harvey Cushing, a giant of American medicine and without doubt the greatest figure in the history of brain surgery. Drawing on new collections of intimate personal and family papers, diaries and patient records, Michael Bliss captures Cushing's professional and his personal life in remarkable detail. Bliss paints an engaging portrait of a man of ambition, boundless, driving energy, a fanatical work ethic, a penchant for self-promotion and ruthlessness, more than a touch of egotism and meanness, and an enormous appetite for life. Equally important, Bliss traces the rise of American surgery as seen through the eyes of one of its pioneers. The book describes how Cushing, working in the early years of the 20th century, developed remarkable new techniques that let surgeons open the skull, expose the brain, and attack tumors--all with a much higher rate of success than previously known. Indeed, Cushing made the miraculous in surgery an everyday event, as he and his team compiled an astonishing record of treating more than two thousand tumors. This is the definite Cushing biography, an epic narrative of high surgical adventure, capturing the highs and lows of an extraordinary life.

This book is a must for all students of early twentieth-century America, and not simply those interested in the making of modern surgeryThis is an extremely rich biography, not least because of the fantastic array of letters that Bliss has been able to draw on. Bulletin of the History of Medicine,Vol 81, ... It is beautifully written and illustrated, a pleasure to read, and paints Cushing 'warts and all'. A must for anyone with an interest in the development of our profession and with the life of this extraordinary man. British Journal of Hospital Medicine This is required reading for any neurosurgeon and neurointensivist and any jobbing physician involved with very sick patients. This scholarly book is insightful and contains a remarkable analysis of a complex personality admired by so many. Neurocritical Care, Vol 4, No 1

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ISBN 13	9780195169898
ISBN 10	0195169891
Titre	Harvey Cushing
Auteur	Michael Bliss
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Type de reliure	Hardback
Éditeur	Oxford University Press Inc
Année de publication	2005-10-01
Nombre de pages	608
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