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Told through intimate portraits of a neurosurgeon's patients, this book contains detailed descriptions of the surgical procedure in neurosurgery. It provides a poignant and often humorous account of the mysteries of the mind and the operating room.

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With poignant insight and humor, Frank Vertosick, Jr., MD, describes some of the greatest challenges of his career, including a six-week-old infant with a tumor in her brain, a young man struck down in his prime by paraplegia, and a minister with a .22-caliber bullet lodged in his skull. Told through intimate portraits of Vertosick's patients and unsparing yet fascinatingly detailed descriptions of surgical procedures, When the Air Hits Your Brain—the culmination of decades spent struggling to learn an unforgiving craft—illuminates both the mysteries of the mind and the realities of the operating room.

"A riveting report that shatters the mystique of the brain surgeon as a wizard of technical prowess." ---Publishers Weekly

"Informative, dramatic, moving and utterly fascinating." ---New York Times

"An engaging and refreshing book." ---Booklist

When the Air Hits Your Brain

Tales from Neurosurgery

Author Frank T. Vertosick, Jr., MD

Narrated by Kirby Heyborne

Publication date Sep 6, 2016

Running time 9 hrs

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