{"product_id":"2940169993325","title":"Dr. Mutter's Marvels: A True Tale of Intrigue and Innovation at the Dawn of Modern Medicine","description":"\u003cp\u003e\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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eImagine 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 middle of the nineteenth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrilliant, outspoken, and brazenly handsome, Mütter was flamboyant in every aspect of his life. He wore pink silk suits to perform surgery, added an \u003ci\u003eumlaut\u003c\/i\u003e 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 Mütter Museum.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAward-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 \u003ci\u003eD\u003c\/i\u003eevil in the White City,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eDr. Mütter's Marvels \u003c\/i\u003einterweaves 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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47158807855344,"sku":"2940169993325","price":17.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169993325_p0.jpg?v=1763698745","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169993325","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}