{"product_id":"dr-mutters-marvels-a-true-tale-of-intrigue-and-innovation-at-the-dawn-of-modern-medicine-9781592409259","title":"Dr. Mutter's Marvels: A True Tale of Intrigue and Innovation at the Dawn of Modern Medicine","description":"\u003cb\u003eA mesmerizing biography of the brilliant and eccentric medical innovator who revolutionized American surgery and founded the country's most famous museum of medical oddities\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Imagine undergoing an operation without anesthesia, performed by a surgeon who refuses to sterilize his tools--or even wash his hands. This was the world of medicine when Thomas Dent Mütter began his trailblazing career as a plastic surgeon in Philadelphia during the mid-nineteenth century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Although he died at just forty-eight, Mütter was an audacious medical innovator who pioneered the use of ether as anesthesia, the sterilization of surgical tools, and a compassion-based vision for helping the severely deformed, which clashed spectacularly with the sentiments of his time. Brilliant, outspoken, and brazenly handsome, Mütter was flamboyant in every aspect of his life. He wore pink silk suits to perform surgery, added an umlaut to his last name just because he could, and amassed an immense collection of medical oddities that would later form the basis of Philadelphia's renowned Mütter Museum. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Award-winning writer Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz vividly chronicles how Mütter's efforts helped establish Philadelphia as a global mecca for medical innovation--despite intense resistance from his numerous rivals. (Foremost among them: Charles D. Meigs, an influential obstetrician who loathed Mütter's \"overly modern\" medical opinions.) In the narrative spirit of \u003ci\u003eThe Devil in the White City\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDr. Mütter's Marvels\u003c\/i\u003e interweaves an eye-opening portrait of nineteenth-century medicine with the riveting biography of a man once described as the \"[P. T.] Barnum of the surgery room.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Avery Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/08\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781592409259","brand":"Avery Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44322381463689,"sku":"9781592409259","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_0a5cfcdc-cd53-4c61-8d0a-11a02afedf38.jpg?v=1750134751","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/dr-mutters-marvels-a-true-tale-of-intrigue-and-innovation-at-the-dawn-of-modern-medicine-9781592409259","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}