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When the Air Hits Your Brain: Tales of Neurosurgery
by Frank T. Vertosick Jr.
4.5/5
Not for those who can't read about blood or disease or death.
This was so interesting. I had almost no knowledge of the work that goes into neurosurgery, and this book goes over what it was like to become a neurosurgeon a few decades ago (it mentions in the end what has since changes about neurosurgery).
The book is really about people, and each chapter general focused on one person, a doctor or a patient, and what the author (then a med student) learned from his experience treating or interacting with them, and how it shaped his career choices, view of his job, and how he saw himself.
It was quite heartbreaking, it was stressful and gruesome. I really enjoyed it, and hope that if I'm every unlucky enough to need to get brain surgery, that a robot does it instead XD.
Not for those who can't read about blood or disease or death.
This was so interesting. I had almost no knowledge of the work that goes into neurosurgery, and this book goes over what it was like to become a neurosurgeon a few decades ago (it mentions in the end what has since changes about neurosurgery).
The book is really about people, and each chapter general focused on one person, a doctor or a patient, and what the author (then a med student) learned from his experience treating or interacting with them, and how it shaped his career choices, view of his job, and how he saw himself.
It was quite heartbreaking, it was stressful and gruesome. I really enjoyed it, and hope that if I'm every unlucky enough to need to get brain surgery, that a robot does it instead XD.