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Cutting Remarks: Insights and Recollections of a Surgeon

"A surgeon can kill you...and you'll sleep right through it."

The most dramatic — and seemingly glamorous — of medical fields, surgery captivates the public's imagination. Written for inquisitive laymen as well as anyone in the medical profession, this fascinating first-person account documents the career of one of America's top surgeons. Readers accompany Sidney Schwab through medical school at Case Western Reserve University; an internship; junior and senior residencies (with a detour to Vietnam, where he won a Purple Heart); and finally his chief residency years in San Francisco. With humor and poignancy — and sometimes graphic detail — Schwab recalls memorable surgeries, surgeons, and patients. He takes care to explain, in understandable and interesting fashion, a variety of diseases, medical issues, and surgical techniques. More than just a memoir, Cutting Remarks offers a compelling look at how trauma and surgery are handled at a major hospital, and provides valuable insight into a surgeon's relationship with both peers and patients.

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 248
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9781583941478
  • Genres
  • medical, medicine, memoir
  • Release date
  • 2006