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Gifted Hands: America's Most Significant Contributions to Surgery

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I just had to write this review - one of the reviewers had commented on the prose being less than outstanding - nothing could be further from the truth. Dr. Schwartz's writing style is elegant and precise - years ago, his textbook of surgery was the only one that made practical sense to me as a senior, surgical resident; and I remember being enthralled by his lively, terse and easy prose. He has a unique gift of communication and this book is no exception. It is full of the most interesting (true) stories about the giants of our profession on whose shoulders we stand. Highly recommended.
The reviewer alluded to (above) also wished that a "historian" had written this book. He obviously does not understand the mind of us surgeons - we do not read books on surgery written by historians, but we LOVE to read historical surgical texts written by surgeons.

I'm an RN and found this book very interesting. It is well written. I would recommend it to anyone who is in the medical field.

I was disappointed by this unbearably brief book. Most of what's in here has been covered elsewhere in far more gripping prose and in much greater detail, allowing these contributions to be placed in a context often lacking here. Perhaps Dr. Schwart's effort would have been put to much better use had he collaborated with a professional historian.