Gray matters a biography of brain surgery

"A popular biography of brain surgery told by one of its preeminent practitioners"--

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Main Author: Schwartz, Theodore H. (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: [New York] : Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2024]
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 449-476) and index. 
505 0 |a Prologue -- I: Beginnings. The myth -- The training -- Penetrating head trauma -- Head-on collisions -- Sports neurosurgery -- II: How do brain surgeons think?. Weighing the risks -- Where to begin? -- The hardest part is knowing when to stop -- Journey to the center of the brain -- A timebomb in the brain -- Too close for comfort -- III: Who's in charge?. Psychosurgery or psycho surgeon? -- Luck favors the prepared mind -- What is it like to be a brain? -- We tell ourselves stories in order to live -- The terminal man -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index. 
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650 0 |a Nervous system  |x Surgery  |x History. 
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