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Author Przybylo, Henry Jay, author.

Title Counting backwards : a doctor's notes on anesthesia / Henry Jay Przybylo, MD.

Publisher New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2017]
©2018

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Edition First edition.
Physical Description xiii, 240 pages ; 22 cm
Summary An anesthesiologist with more than thirty years of experience explores the most common but most mysterious procedure in medicine, telling intimate stories that explore the nature of consciousness, the politics of pain relief, and the wonder of modern medicine.
Contents A deep sleep -- Command center -- The five A's -- Railroad tracks -- Fear of the mask -- Nothing by mouth -- Heartbeats -- A most unusual patient -- Errors everlasting -- In wait -- Paper cranes -- A brain trapped in a box -- See one, do one, teach one -- Reentry -- Safe travels.
Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-240).
Subject Przybylo, Henry Jay.
Anesthesiologists -- United States -- Biography.
Anesthesiology -- Anecdotes.
Autobiographies.
Personal narratives.
Anecdotes.