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Sometimes it is being in the right place at the right time that allows one to achieve wonders. 100,000 Hearts tells the story of Denton Cooley one of the pioneers of heart surgery and founder of the Texas Heart Institute. Denton was the first person to implant a total artificial heart into a patient which…
A doctor’s inspiring encounters with mortality and miracles Brain surgery is something that has fascinated me since I read Do No Harm by Henry Marsh. I read this book over Boxing Day, it is one of those that when I picked it up I had to keep reading, turning page after page entrapped. Starting with…
I’ve seen one of the documentaries with Dr Jay previously which I found fascinating so I was really excited to get stuck into his book. It was a day well spent reading, as once I started I could not stop. Dr Jay starts with the journey of how he ended up as a paediatric neurosurgeon,…