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Dr. Mutter's Marvels: A True Tale of Intrigue and Innovation at the Dawn of Modern Medicine | Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz

The Mutter Museum in Philadelphia is absolutely fascinating. One of their featured exhibits is a wall of human skulls. The tagged book is a excellent story of not only Dr. Mutter, but warring physicians at the dawn of modern medicine, the formation of the American medical college, and so much more.

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AmyG Oddly amazing. My grandfather was a dentist and he had a skull. We always wondered who it was. There is a Stephen King book in there somewhere. 2mo

TieDyeDude @amyg Grandma is always watching 😉 2mo

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Eggs Fascinating 🖤💀🧡 2mo

Doppoetry I've visited the museum before (it's a lot smaller than I anticipated) and it's such an interesting place. It has a reputation to be spooky and macabre but I found it educational and unique 😆 human bodies truly are fascinating. 2mo

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The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right | Atul Gawande

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Fascinating and engaging.

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The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine | Lindsey Fitzharris

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The prologue of The Butchering Art puts to shame any horror cold opening I have ever read, listened to, or watched. The detailed description of a pre-anesthetic bladder stone removal just about had me wrecking my car!

When Fitzharris isn‘t reveling in the gory details of surgery she tends to be on the dry side. Still, what I love about a book like this isn‘t necessarily the info, but the way the info makes me reflect on my life and society.

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Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery | Henry Marsh

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Really liked "seeing into" the life of a neurosurgeon. Henry Marsh is aware of disasters and the triumphs in a neurosurgeons life and he reflects on how he has changed through his time in the profession.
Loved the wry humour in the essays.
#roll100
#24in2024

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MaggieCarr

A Visit to the Sesame Street Hospital: Featuring Jim Henson's Sesame Street Muppets | Joe Mathieu, Deborah Hautzig

Checked in with my favorite lil' Bookworm today. We appreciate good thoughts, happy mojo, and healing vibes as the doctors aim to get to the bottom of what ails him. 😭

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When the Air Hits Your Brain | Frank T. Vertosick

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This was good… he talked about his experience as a resident over the course of 5 years becoming a brain surgeon. He talked about successes, challenges and loss of life in the OR. One of the most interesting cases to me was a meningioma, which my mom had removed in 2015. Was good to hear it is one of the easiest to remove.

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Eggs

When the Air Hits Your Brain: Tales from Neurosurgery | Frank Vertosick

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Who doesn‘t like stories about brain surgery?!? This was very interesting to me. Poignant, informative and full of heart.

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Dr. Mutter's Marvels: A True Tale of Intrigue and Innovation at the Dawn of Modern Medicine | Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz

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This book was fascinating and I‘m glad I read it. I was surprised at how much it focused on Mütter‘s medical career (which was far more accomplished than I had known!) over his collection of medical oddities, which is what I knew him for. At the beginning there‘s a focus on one, and then near the end the author explains that he‘s been collecting them all his life, but that hadn‘t really been shown. What had been shown is the evolution of…

Clare-Dragonfly …medical science during Mütter‘s too-short lifetime, which I found fascinating. Sadly, there‘s far more about his medical friends and rivals than about his wife, which I‘m sure is due to a lack of research material, but is still disappointing. The book is large but goes by quickly due to all the period illustrations! Warning: there are graphic images and descriptions of surgeries—nothing I didn‘t expect from my familiarity with the Mütter Museum. 2y

TieDyeDude I actually met the author's father at a beer fest in Philly. He obviously recommended this book when he found out I ran a book club. Excellent book, so well written! We took our wedding party to the museum as part of our city tour with them (FYI: She is married to Ernest Cline) 2y

Clare-Dragonfly @TieDyeDude That‘s so cool! My husband and I considered having our wedding at the museum but it didn‘t seem like we could get married in the museum itself. She mentioned Ernie Cline in the acknowledgments—I wondered if that was the author! 2y

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Bookworm54

The Knife Man: Blood, Body Snatching, and the Birth of Modern Surgery | Wendy Moore

This book is still sat on my shelves… maybe I will pick it up next month/year?
It sounds really interesting!

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