Dr. Mütter's marvels : a true tale of intrigue and innovation at the dawn of modern medicine
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Published
New York, New York : Gotham Books, [2014].
ISBN
9781592408702 (hardcover), 1592408702 (hardcover)
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CASHMERE PUBLIC LIBRARY
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Anesthesiology.
Burn victims.
Cleanliness.
Doctors.
General Surgery -- history -- Pennsylvania.
General Surgery -- Pennsylvania -- Biography.
Historical.
History, 19th Century -- Pennsylvania.
Hospital.
Medical research.
Medical school.
Medical students.
Medical.
Medicine.
Museums -- history -- Pennsylvania.
Mütter Museum.
Mütter, Thomas D. -- (Thomas Dent), -- 1811-1859.
NonFiction.
Pathology -- history -- Pennsylvania.
Patient care.
Physicians -- Pennsylvania -- Biography.
Science.
Surgeons.
United States.
Burn victims.
Cleanliness.
Doctors.
General Surgery -- history -- Pennsylvania.
General Surgery -- Pennsylvania -- Biography.
Historical.
History, 19th Century -- Pennsylvania.
Hospital.
Medical research.
Medical school.
Medical students.
Medical.
Medicine.
Museums -- history -- Pennsylvania.
Mütter Museum.
Mütter, Thomas D. -- (Thomas Dent), -- 1811-1859.
NonFiction.
Pathology -- history -- Pennsylvania.
Patient care.
Physicians -- Pennsylvania -- Biography.
Science.
Surgeons.
United States.
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Published
New York, New York : Gotham Books, [2014].
Format
Book
Language
English
ISBN
9781592408702 (hardcover), 1592408702 (hardcover)
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
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 Mütter began his trailblazing career as a plastic surgeon in Philadelphia during the middle of the nineteenth century. 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. Brilliant, outspoken, and brazenly handsome, Mütter was flamboyant in every aspect of his life. 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 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. (Foremost among them : Charles D. Meigs, an influential obstetrician who loathed Mütter's "overly" modern medical opinions.) In the narrative spirit of The Devil in the White City, Dr. Mütter's Marvels interweaves an eye-opening portrait of nineteenth-century medicine with the riveting biography of a man once described as the "P.T. Barnum of the surgery room."--Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Aptowicz, C. O. (2014). Dr. Mütter's marvels: a true tale of intrigue and innovation at the dawn of modern medicine . Gotham Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Aptowicz, Cristin O'Keefe. 2014. Dr. Mütter's Marvels: A True Tale of Intrigue and Innovation At the Dawn of Modern Medicine. Gotham Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Aptowicz, Cristin O'Keefe. Dr. Mütter's Marvels: A True Tale of Intrigue and Innovation At the Dawn of Modern Medicine Gotham Books, 2014.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Aptowicz, Cristin O'Keefe. Dr. Mütter's Marvels: A True Tale of Intrigue and Innovation At the Dawn of Modern Medicine Gotham Books, 2014.
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