A review by cluckingbell
Dr. Mütter's Marvels: A True Tale of Intrigue and Innovation at the Dawn of Modern Medicine by Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz

3.0

Five stars for Mutter, and it started off as an interesting glimpse of early 19th-century medicine. Overall, though, it felt more like a disjointed and belabored biography of the medical school than Mutter himself. This might have been a fine goal in itself, but because Mutter was the ostensible subject, it seemed relationships and dynamics were characterized over-liberally in an attempt to build tensions that were never fully supported by evidence nor paid off, while others went completely unexplored (just noting "very little is known about X" would have sufficed in some cases, if only to satisfy my curiosity as to why they weren't being addressed more thoroughly). Still, the first 2/3 or so in particular were an intriguing and enjoyable audiobook listen.