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005			20251028093341.0
008			140414s2014 nyua b 001 0beng
010			_a 2014014747
035			_a(Sirsi) i9781592408702
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020			_a9781592408702 (hardcover)
020			_a1592408702 (hardcover)
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050	0	0	_aRD 27.35 .D74 _bA67 2014
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100	1		_aAptowicz, Cristin O'Keefe _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aDr. M�utter's marvels : _ba true tale of intrigue and innovation at the dawn of modern medicine / _cby Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz.
264		1	_aNew York, New York : _bGotham Books, _c[2014]
300			_a371 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aA mesmerizing biography of the brilliant and eccentric medical innovator who revolutionized American surgery and founded the country's most famous museum of medical oddities. 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 M�utter began his trailblazing career as a plastic surgeon in Philadelphia during the middle of the nineteenth century. Although he died at just forty-eight, M�utter 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. Brilliant, outspoken, and brazenly handsome, M�utter was flamboyant in every aspect of his life. He wore pink silk suits to perform surgery, added an umlaut 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 M�utter Museum. Award-winning writer Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz vividly chronicles how M�utter'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 M�utter's "overly" modern medical opinions.) In the narrative spirit of The Devil in the White City, Dr. M�utter's Marvels 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."--Provided by publisher.
505	0		_aMonsters -- The City of Brotherly Love -- To render evil more endurable -- The medical Athens of America -- A falcon flight -- Ce que femme veut, Dieu le veut aussi! -- The Great Thaw -- The new Jefferson Medical College-- The right arm of the College -- Dwell not then upon what has been done -- The root of the trouble -- The world to come -- The women who were swallowed by fire -- To unmake monsters -- To remedy evils -- Gentlemen, this is no humbug -- Advent -- All the fair daughters of Eve -- If I may but touch His garment, I shall be whole -- These deeds of blood -- That bourne from which no traveler returns -- The rich fruits of life's labors -- The voices of the illustrious dead -- Look to God for pardon -- While there is life, there is hope -- Leave nothing undone -- The world is no place of rest.
600	1	0	_aM�utter, Thomas D. _q(Thomas Dent), _d1811-1859.
610	2	0	_aM�utter Museum.
650		0	_aPhysicians _zPennsylvania _zPhiladelphia _vBiography.
650		0	_aMedical innovations.
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