The Blood of Strangers : Stories From Emergency Medicine.

Reminiscent of Chekhov's stories, The Blood of Strangers is a visceral portrayal of a physician's encounters with the highly charged world of an emergency room. In this collection of spare and elegant stories, Dr. Frank Huyler reveals a side of medicine where small moments--the intricacy o...

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Main Author: Huyler, Frank
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 1999.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; contents; acknowledgments; the unknown assailant; prelude; through the dark, softly; faith; black bag; a good scar; the engineer in the desert; the invitation; sunday morning; the short arm of chromosome 4; needle; the dead lake; the prisoner; numbers and voices; a difference of opinion; the bleeding girl; i'm driving; burn; the secret; speaking in tongues; power; jaw; the virgin; sugar; liar; the bee sting; the house in the wilderness; time.