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Description of  The Tenth Nerve: A Brain Surgeon's Stories of the Patients Who Changed Him

Riveting and dramatic, The Tenth Nerve offers a rare window into the world of a pre-eminent neurosurgeon and the seven exceptional patients that made him a better person. "The scalpel can only go so deep, and technical skill can only take one so far." In this absorbing narrative, Dr. Chris Honey, an accomplished neurosurgeon at Vancouver General Hospital, weaves his personal journey together with case studies that reflect the thrill of scientific discovery and the limitations of medicine. Operating on a terminally ill child amid an Ebola outbreak in Liberia, he questions his preconceptions about what it means to win against a disease. Reflecting on his own path into neurosurgery, he brings to life a relatively new, high stakes field of medicine Read more