Anesthesia: The Gift of Oblivion and the Mystery of Consciousness

by Cole-Adams, Kate
ISBN: 9781640091566
Availability:
  • Online Only
$8.99
Used - Trade Paperback - 9781640091566

Available Offers

Pickup at {0} Out of stock at {0} Check other stores
FREE -
Ship to Me
$3.99 -

Overview

"An obsessive, mystical, terrifying, and even phantasmagorical exploration of anesthesia's shadowy terra incognita." --The New Yorker

Anesthetize: to render insensible

First there's the injection, then the countdown--and next thing you know, you're awake. Anesthesia: The Gift of Oblivion and the Mystery of Consciousness is the story of the time in between. It explores that most crucial and baffling gift of modern medicine: the disappearing act that enables us to undergo procedures that would otherwise be impossibly, often fatally, painful. Haunting, lyrical, sometimes shattering, Kate Cole-Adams leavens science with personal experience, and brings an intensely human curiosity to the unknowable realm beyond consciousness.

  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Cole-Adams, Kate
  • ISBN: 9781640091566
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 8.20 x 1.40
  • Number Of Pages: 416
  • Publication Year: 2018