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Counting Backwards: A Doctor's Notes on Anesthesia
Written by Henry Jay Przybylo, MD
Narrated by Tom Perkins
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For many of the 40 million Americans who undergo anesthesia each year, it is a source of great fear and fascination. In Counting Backwards, Dr. Henry Jay Przybylo-an anesthesiologist with more than thirty years of experience-has written an unforgettable account of the routine procedure's daily dramas and fundamental mysteries. Przybylo has administered anesthesia more than 30,000 times in his career-erasing consciousness, denying memory, and immobilizing the body before reversing all of these effects-on newborn babies, screaming toddlers and sullen teenagers, his own son, and even a gorilla. With compassion and candor, he weaves his experiences into intimate stories that explore the nature of consciousness, the politics of pain relief, and the wonder of modern medicine.
Through its intense and humane tales of mistakes, near-disasters, life-saving successes, and moments of grace, Counting Backwards shines a light on one of the most fascinating but unexplored corners of the medical world.
Through its intense and humane tales of mistakes, near-disasters, life-saving successes, and moments of grace, Counting Backwards shines a light on one of the most fascinating but unexplored corners of the medical world.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Fabulous book, i like it very much. It will motivates me in anesthesia
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Absolutely brilliant account of what it is like to be an anaesthesiologist. Having had surgery recently and an excellent “sleeping” experience I was curious to find out how it all works and about the historical background of this art and science of making people unconscious and pain free. I was not disappointed!