Mortal Lessons: Notes on the Art of Surgery by Richard Selzer

Mortal Lessons: Notes on the Art of Surgery

Richard Selzer

224 pages first pub 1976 (editions)

nonfiction essays challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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In this collection of nineteen unforgettable essays, Dr. Selzer describes unsparingly the surgeon’s art. Both moving and perversely funny, Mortal Lessons is an established classic that considers not only the workings and misworkings of the human b...

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