The Blood of Strangers: Stories from Emergency Medicine
- List Price: $13.00
- Binding: Paperback
- Publisher: Owl Books (NY)
- Publish date: 10/01/2000
Description:
A work of rare poetic insight, The Blood of Strangers combines visceral portrayals of critical medical situations with lyrical meditations on the world of ER medicine -- and the world at large. In twenty-eight crystalline vignettes, Dr. Frank Huyler brings to life a fascinating array of characters: a neurosurgeon who practices witchcraft, a severely wounded murderer, a trauma surgeon who unexpectedly commits suicide, a man pursued by a heat-seeking missile across the New Mexico desert. Throughout, small, intimate moments -- the intricacy of suturing a facial laceration, the delicate bath a patient receives from her husband and daughter -- are seamlessly interwoven with instances of almost unbearable intensity and, at times, brutal violence.
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Reminiscent of Abraham Verghese's My Own Country, this stunning debut paints an unflinchingly authentic yet deeply affecting portrait of people whose lives are on the line -- and of the men and women dedicated to saving them.
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