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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 little different to my normal reading, however it popped up in my amazon suggested list so it ended up on my reading pile as I’ve randomly stumbled across Sgt Tangye’s blog previously. This is an autobiography full of humour, and a look at how one spends 30 years within the police force along with…
This book appeared in my amazon suggestions the other evening and was so ordered to go into my reading pile. However when it arrived as I often do I skimmed the first few pages and was trapped. I sat down yesterday and read unable to put the book down. As a vet on the new…
The Highs and Lows of an Air Ambulance Doctor Something that fascinates me is how human medicine and surgery compares with that of veterinary medicine so occasionally I will grab an interesting looking book. This Christmas Day I ended up with this, purely as the title conjured images of my head of road rage with…
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…
This book appeared in my suggested reads on amazon, and glancing no further than the title I pressed the order button and it arrived a few days later. Whilst consulting I meet and talk with many people every day and I was expecting this book to give me tips to make that easier. However this…
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,…
I am a vet, I studied a long time to get to call myself that, and what I do is complicated and cannot be put into a simple list. I struggled when I picked up this book as I was not sure what I would find from it as obviously checklists are for simple things.…