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Dr. Mutter's Marvels

A True Tale of Intrigue and Innovation at the Dawn of Modern Medicine

ISBN-13: 9781592409259

Contributor(s): Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz

Subjects: Popular Science

Publisher: PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE GROUP

Publisher Imprint: Avery

Publication Date: 10-09-2015

Format: Paperback

Availability: In stock

£15.99

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About the book

Thomas Mutter was an audacious medical innovator who pioneered the use of ether as anaesthesia, the sterilisation of surgical tools and a compassion- based vision for helping the severely deformed, which clashed with the sentiments of the mid- nineteenth century. Brilliant, outspoken and handsome, Mutter was flamboyant in every aspect of his life. He wore pink silk suits to perform surgery, added an umlaut to his surname just because he could and amassed an immense collection of medical oddities that would later form Philadelphia's Mutter Museum.

Dr. Mutter's Marvels

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