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A remarkable collection of photographs of the hands of about 100 neurosurgeons...our very word for surgery derives from the classical Greek words for hand (cheir) and work (ergein)...The hands display some common features. All show evidence of having worked. All seem strong and determined...all the hands, both the beautiful and the plain, can perform neurosurgery well...primarily inspiring for neurosurgeons, but others may be interested in the aesthetic, philosophical, and sociologic aspects. --New England Journal of Medicine ""A delightful book...each photograph is a masterpiece...impossible to put down without going through the whole book...an excellent addition to any library collection for both the home and office."" --Journal of Neurosurgery

A remarkable collection of photographs of the hands of about 100 neurosurgeons...our very word for surgery derives from the classical Greek words for hand (cheir) and work (ergein)...The hands display some common features. All show evidence of having worked. All seem strong and determined...all the hands, both the beautiful and the plain, can perform neurosurgery well...primarily inspiring for neurosurgeons, but others may be interested in the aesthetic, philosophical, and sociologic aspects. --New England Journal of Medicine <p><p> A delightful book...each photograph is a masterpiece...impossible to put down without going through the whole book...an excellent addition to any library collection for both the home and office. --Journal of Neurosurgery

A remarkable collection of photographs of the hands of about 100 neurosurgeons...our very word for surgery derives from the classical Greek words for hand (cheir) and work (ergein)...The hands display some common features. All show evidence of having worked. All seem strong and determined...all the hands, both the beautiful and the plain, can perform neurosurgery well...primarily inspiring for neurosurgeons, but others may be interested in the aesthetic, philosophical, and sociologic aspects. --New England Journal of MedicineA delightful book...each photograph is a masterpiece...impossible to put down without going through the whole book...an excellent addition to any library collection for both the home and office. --Journal of Neurosurgery A remarkable collection of photographs of the hands of about 100 neurosurgeons...our very word for surgery derives from the classical Greek words for hand (cheir) and work (ergein)...The hands display some common features. All show evidence of having worked. All seem strong and determined...all the hands, both the beautiful and the plain, can perform neurosurgery well...primarily inspiring for neurosurgeons, but others may be interested in the aesthetic, philosophical, and sociologic aspects. --New England Journal of Medicine A delightful book...each photograph is a masterpiece...impossible to put down without going through the whole book...an excellent addition to any library collection for both the home and office. --Journal of Neurosurgery

A remarkable collection of photographs of the hands of about 100 neurosurgeons...our very word for surgery derives from the classical Greek words for hand (cheir) and work (ergein)...The hands display some common features. All show evidence of having worked. All seem strong and determined...all the hands, both the beautiful and the plain, can perform neurosurgery well...primarily inspiring for neurosurgeons, but others may be interested in the aesthetic, philosophical, and sociologic aspects. --New England Journal of MedicineA delightful book...each photograph is a masterpiece...impossible to put down without going through the whole book...an excellent addition to any library collection for both the home and office. --Journal of Neurosurgery

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Program Director & Chief, Division. of Neurosurgery, Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, Colton, CA, USA

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