此書是現代大腦外科手術首創人的第一本自傳！

Harvey Cushing 是神經外科學史上一位傑出的神經外科手術技術革新家。早在 1997 年他就首先提出：神經外科手術操作原則，必須手法細膩，徹底止血，要盡力保護腦組織等等。根據當年的數據統計，他執刀的腦手術死亡率是 7.3% ，跟當年同儕比較起來，要來得低。

在書中，收錄了許多Harvey Cushing生前的個人和家庭的信件、日記和生平紀錄，讓我們明白認識到他當年的生活、醫術和家庭。

 

Michael Bliss holds the prestigious rank of University Professor at the University of Toronto. He has written numerous prize-winning books in medical history, including The Discovery of Insulin and William Osler: A Life in Medicine. One of Canada's most distinguished historians, he has received the Order of Canada and an honorary Fellowship in the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.