Genius on the edge

the bizarre story of William Stewart Halsted, the father of modern surgery

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400 pages 2011

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Traces the life of the surgeon, who, despite being a ground-breaking father of modern surgery, battled with cocaine and morphine addiction, exhibited eccentric behavior, and lived an unusual lifestyle.

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