03701cam a2200385 4500 234028761 TxAuBib 20140806120000.0 ||||||s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780553545166 0553545167 0899ab68-b300-4e05-94ae-68a0f4c8938f OverDrive (Reserve ID) 1646640 OverDrive (Product ID) 1646640 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib O'Keefe Aptowicz, Cristin. Dr. Mütter's Marvels [Libby] : A True Tale of Intrigue and Innovation at the Dawn of Modern Medicine. Books on Tape, 2014. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 245MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 245MB. Biography & Autobiography. History. Medical. Nonfiction. HTML:<p><b>A mesmerizing biography of the brilliant and eccentric medical innovator who revolutionized American surgery and founded the country's most famous museum of medical oddities</b></p> <p>Imagine undergoing an operation without anesthesia performed by a surgeon who refuses to sterilize his tools—or even wash his hands. This was the world of medicine when Thomas Dent Mütter began his trailblazing career as a plastic surgeon in Philadelphia during the middle of the nineteenth century.</p> <p>Although he died at just forty-eight, Mütter was an audacious medical innovator who pioneered the use of ether as anesthesia, the sterilization of surgical tools, and a compassion-based vision for helping the severely deformed, which clashed spectacularly with the sentiments of his time.</p> <p>Brilliant, outspoken, and brazenly handsome, Mütter was flamboyant in every aspect of his life. He wore pink silk suits to perform surgery, added an <i>umlaut</i> to his last name just because he could, and amassed an immense collection of medical oddities that would later form the basis of Philadelphia's Mütter Museum.</p> <p>Award-winning writer Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz vividly chronicles how Mütter's efforts helped establish Philadelphia as a global mecca for medical innovation—despite intense resistance from his numerous rivals. (Foremost among them: Charles D. Meigs, an influential obstetrician who loathed Mütter's "overly" modern medical opinions.) In the narrative spirit of <i>The</i> <i>Devil in the White City,</i> <i>Dr. Mütter's Marvels</i> interweaves an eye-opening portrait of nineteenth-century medicine with the riveting biography of a man once described as the "P. T. Barnum of the surgery room."</p>. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2015-08-06 14:05:11. Singer, Erik. http://nh.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=0899ab68-b300-4e05-94ae-68a0f4c8938f http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/1191-1/1646640-DrMttersMarvels.wma Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/1646640-DrMttersMarvels.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) http://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=0899AB68-B300-4E05-94AE-68A0F4C8938F&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/1191-1/1646640-DrMttersMarvels.wma Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/1646640-DrMttersMarvels.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) http://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=0899AB68-B300-4E05-94AE-68A0F4C8938F&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)