A review by wandering_not_lost
Major Operation by James White

4.0

A really inventive sorta-trio of medical mysteries this time, and overall I'm finding White's brand of medical scifi really my bag. The main character is also becoming less annoying over time, as he seems to settle into his duties and open himself up to the rest of the universe. He still has his moments of "why is this patient defying me! I'm trying to help by doing this thing, and it's fighting m--oh, it's because doing that thing would kill it. Ok.", and the occasional bouts of 70s-era sexist comedy about his well-endowed nurse wife are eye-rolling, but neither of those things take over the narrative this time. Murchison even is brought along and gives her professional opinion at a critical juncture, and the comment about "professional women" and the arch reply about how someone could be an "amateur woman" was pretty amusing.