開創醫學新時代的頂尖外科醫師，卻同時深陷古柯鹼毒癮如履薄冰地遊走在光明與黑暗之間兩極化的人生，令人稱譽又感嘆不已本書敘述外科奇才霍斯德（William Stewart Halsted）醫師傳奇的一生。霍斯德在約翰霍普金斯大學建立了全美第一所外科學院，並研究出治療疝氣、乳腺癌、甲狀腺腫、動脈瘤、腸道及膽囊疾病的新手術方法。霍斯德更積極提倡無菌手術，獨具慧眼設計出薄橡皮手套施行手術；他主張在外科手術中
A major new biography of the doctor who invented modern surgery. Brilliant, driven, but haunted by demons, William Stewart Halsted took surgery from a horrific, dangerous practice to what we now know
Now in paperback, the groundbreaking biography of the most influential surgeon in American history.“Gerald Imber’s new biography is the first retelling of Halstead’s story in many d
