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First Cut - by Albert Howard Carter (Paperback)

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  • With humor, compassion, and wisdom, Howard Carter recounts the semester he spent watching first-year medical students in a human anatomy lab.
  • About the Author: Howard Carter is a professor of Comparative Literature and Humanities at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida.
  • 320 Pages
  • Medical, Anatomy

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About the Book



In an "utterly winning book . . . as engrossing as any novel" ("The Raleigh News & Observer"), Carter recounts the semester he spent watching first-year medical students in a human anatomy lab. Illustrations.



Book Synopsis



With humor, compassion, and wisdom, Howard Carter recounts the semester he spent watching first-year medical students in a human anatomy lab. From the tentative early incisions of the back, the symbolic weight of extracting the heart, and by the end, the curious mappings of the brain, we embark on a path that is at once frightening, awesome, and finally redemptive.



Review Quotes




"A warmly engaging, cheerful and utterly winning book... as engrossing as any novel, as thoughtful as the most searching memoir, as suggestive as any contemporary scientific essay." --Fred Chappell, The Raleigh News & Observer

"Carter provides insight into a critical aspect of medical training, and an unusually intimate, even arresting, view of the bodies we have and the bodies we will become." --Publishers Weekly

"[A] compelling book...The author treats all parties, living and dead, with honesty, respect, and kindness throughout." --The Bloomsbury Review




About the Author



Howard Carter is a professor of Comparative Literature and Humanities at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida. He has written extensively on the interface of the humanities and medicine.

Dimensions (Overall): 8.55 Inches (H) x 5.51 Inches (W) x .79 Inches (D)
Weight: .91 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 320
Genre: Medical
Sub-Genre: Anatomy
Publisher: Picador USA
Format: Paperback
Author: Albert Howard Carter
Language: English
Street Date: July 15, 1998
TCIN: 85249454
UPC: 9780312195465
Item Number (DPCI): 247-67-3629
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship dimensions: 0.79 inches length x 5.51 inches width x 8.55 inches height
Estimated ship weight: 0.91 pounds
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