Across The Red Line
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Across The Red Line

Stories From The Surgical Life

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Across The Red Line

Stories From The Surgical Life

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About This Book

Richard Karl, a doctor and teacher, takes the reader closer than any writer before into the corridors of the hospital, on the surgical table, and into the world of medicine. In these pages we see the tragedies and triumphs of modern medicine: the beauty of surgery done well, and the aftermath of operations that fail to deliver on the hopes of the doctor and patient. We witness the "M&M"—the morbidity and mortality meeting—where doctors scrutinize their own work and mistakes, and the often inevitable outcomes of treatment. Suffused throughout are Karl's keen observations on the workings of the human body and its immense capacity for healing. "...I celebrate the rich privilege accorded the practicing surgeon. The surgical life is really about bearing witness to the human condition and about respecting the many almost whimsical variations of biology and about the intersection of the two. It is remarkable, really, the way I get to know people so intimately so quickly, and to observe the brave and often noble behavior in them, while I witness the relentless push of biology, the aging and decay, the growth and development, but most especially the healing, both physical and emotional. It is this natural drive of our bodies to repair themselves from all injuries (including the surgeon's wounds) that is the centerpiece of medicine. Without it no surgeon could cut." Written with economy and subtlety, Across the Red Line offers a vivid picture of disease and the miracle of life. It will interest anyone who's ever been on either side of the surgical table.

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Publisher
Temple University Press
Year
2010
ISBN
9781439904374
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Medical Theory, Practice & Reference

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Introduction: Across the Red Line
  4. 1. M & M
  5. 2. How It Comes About That a Successful Operation Ends in Disaster
  6. 3. Fate
  7. 4. A Columnist Comes to Work
  8. 5. Four Patients in Santa Fe
  9. 6. Hanging
  10. 7. Helping Sal—Knowing When to Quit
  11. 8. On the Table
  12. 9. Hotel Utah
  13. 10. Midwest Bulletin Board
  14. 11. Retirement Party
  15. 12. Match Day
  16. 13. The Norwich Classic Car Rally
  17. 14. Luck