Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different
Mortal Lessons: Notes on the Art of Surgery
by Selzer, Richard
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good +/Fair
- ISBN 10
- 0671223569
- ISBN 13
- 9780671223564
- Seller
-
Hollis Center, Maine, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
NY: Simon and Schuster, 1976 Book. Very Good +. Hardcover. The author, a "remarkable surgeon pauses and brings us into his world, and makes of his fingers, words; of his scalpel, a sentence; of the human body, a story". Illustrated with drawings. Dust jacket has tears on the front..
Synopsis
In this collection of nineteen unforgettable essays, Dr. Selzer describes unsparingly the surgeon’s art. Both moving and perversely funny, Mortal Lessons is an established classic that considers not only the workings and misworkings of the human body but also the meaning of life and death. With a Preface written by the Author especially for this edition.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- UHR Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 084637
- Title
- Mortal Lessons: Notes on the Art of Surgery
- Author
- Selzer, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- ISBN 10
- 0671223569
- ISBN 13
- 9780671223564
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1976
- Keywords
- Surgery, History of Surgery, Surgery Essays, Surgery Lectures, Surgery Addresses, Surgeon's World, the OPerating Room, surgeon, medicine
- Bookseller catalogs
- Surgery;
Terms of Sale
UHR Books
Prices are net to all and returns are only accepted if the book is not as described.
About the Seller
UHR Books
Biblio member since 2004
Hollis Center, Maine
About UHR Books
A large collection of about 45,000 books, one third of which are in the medical area.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...