Mortal Lessons
Surgery, the body, and mortality in nineteen essays
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Surgery, the body, and mortality in nineteen essays
Richard Selzer’s collection approaches surgery through the bodily realities of medical practice, including the body’s workings and misworkings. Across nineteen essays, the subject widens to questions of life and death, placing clinical experience alongside broader reflections on human existence. The publisher description also notes a preface written by Selzer for this edition, offering an additional entry point into the collection.
Good fit for readers who enjoy
- Readers interested in essays on surgery and the human body
- Readers drawn to medical writing that considers life and death
- Readers seeking a collection of nineteen essays by a surgeon-author
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