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Chronicles the coming of age of a surgeon in New York City and her experiences as one of the only female ringside doctors for the New York State Athletic Commission.
"In this entertaining memoir, Dahl details her road to becoming one of the only female fight doctors. Raised in the Midwest by Syrian immigrant parents, Dahl was a surgical resident living in the Bronx when she became enthralled with boxing while watching a fight between Shane Mosley...
42) The darker the night, the brighter the stars: a neuropsychologist's odyssey through consciousness
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"When celebrated neuropsychologist Paul Broks's wife died of cancer, it sparked a journey of grief and reflection that traced a lifelong attempt to understand how the brain gives rise to the soul. The result of that journey is a gorgeous, evocative meditation on fate, death, consciousness, and what it means to be human. The Darker the Night, The Brighter the Stars weaves a scientist's understanding of the mind - its logic, its nuance, how we think...
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Hippocrates is known as the father of medicine. He separated religion from medicine and tried to find scientific reasons for why people became ill. By observing a patient's symptoms he was often able to diagnose illnesses and find cures. He encouraged his patients to take care of their bodies and urged fellow doctors to practice good hygiene and have a positive bedside manner. He founded a medical school in Greece to share his knowledge of medicine...
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"Revealing and unflinching, 'Behind the Curtain' offers an unfiltered look inside the real-life traumas and triumphs that define emergency medicine. . . . Both an enlightening memoir and an unforgiving mirror reflecting the best and worst of human behavior, 'Behind the Curtain' unveils the insidious consequences of everyday risks and seemingly innocuous habits."--Back cover.
53) Medicine
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Short biographies of more than thirty men and women who excelled in the field of medical science. Includes Hippocrates, Harvey, Ehrlich, Roentgen, Blackwell, Freud, and Salk.
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