The man with a mask, scissors...

If you want to know the details of an operation, ask your surgeon for an Operative report says Dr. Paul A Ruggieri. 

This book is supported by three pillars of the surgeon's experience, generic details of the surgery world and the patients experience. It is very structured. The text moves in between these three modes unifying them into a good narrative.
When the surgeon zeroes in on his/her area of focus to operate, the description sounds like man is a machine but machines don't go into Hypovolemic shock.

Its interesting how I picked up this book to read. It was on the stack in the library but I didnt feel pressed to read it. My eyes caught another book

. Then I thought why not the 'surgeon memoir'. A note about 'the dark side' of pharmaceutical drugs and the guinea pigs they are tested on, the example of Shoemaker is scary. The text was too scholarly.


Vicryl
resection
scut work
Sword of damocles