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Author Morris, Thomas Neil Gareth, author.

Title The matter of the heart : a history of the heart in eleven operations / Thomas Morris.

Publication Info. New York : Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press, 2018.
©2017

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  616.12 MORRIS    Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  617.4 MORRIS    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  617.41 MOR    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  617.412 MOR    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  617.4120 MOR    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  617.412 MORRIS    Check Shelf
Edition First U.S. edition.
Description xiii, 414 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [351]-354) and index.
Contents Bullet to the heart -- Blue babies -- "A sensible hissing" -- Ice baths and monkey lungs -- Rubber balls and pig valves -- Metronomes and nuclear reactors -- "Strong and peculiar symptoms" -- One life, two hearts -- Clinical trial by media -- Fantastic voyage -- I, Robot (surgeon).
Summary Through the stories of eleven landmark heart surgeries between 1945 and 2005, Morris shows the achievements made by cardiac surgeons -- and the committed bravery, occasional arrogance, jealous rivalry, and incredible ingenuity they displayed to get the job done. Peer over the surgeon's shoulders and into the miracle of the human body, and discover the history of risk-taking that has ultimately saved millions of lives.
Subject Heart -- Surgery -- History -- Case studies.
Heart surgeons -- Surgery -- Case studies.
Heart -- Transplantation.
Surgical robots.
Creative ability in medicine.
Medical innovations.
MEDICAL / Cardiology.
HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century.
HISTORY / Modern / 21st Century.
ISBN 9781250117168 (hardcover)
125011716X (hardcover)
9781250117175 (ebook)
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