Theodore H. Schwartz Gray Matters: A Biography of Brain Surgery

《Gray Matters: A Biography of Brain Surgery》是一本由神经外科领域杰出实践者撰写的关于脑外科手术的流行传记。这本书以独特的视角深入探讨了脑外科手术这一专业领域，不仅揭示了其鲜为人知的历史，还详细描绘了早期神经外科医生如何逐步理解人类大脑的过程‌。

书中通过丰富的叙述和生动的案例，带领读者走进脑外科手术的神秘世界。作者以其深厚的医学背景和丰富的实践经验，用通俗易懂的语言解释了复杂的医学概念和手术过程，使得即便是非医学专业的读者也能对脑外科手术有一个清晰而深刻的认识。此外，书中还穿插了许多神经外科历史上的重要事件和人物故事，为整本书增添了浓厚的历史感和人文气息‌。

特别值得一提的是，作者通过讲述自己亲身经历的中风情况和长达8年的艰苦康复过程，展现了一个脑科学家在面对自身健康挑战时的坚韧不拔和深刻洞察。这部分内容不仅让读者对作者的敬业精神肃然起敬，也提供了关于大脑功能恢复和康复的宝贵信息，对于那些正在与类似健康问题斗争的人来说，无疑具有极大的鼓舞和启示作用‌。

总的来说，《Gray Matters: A Biography of Brain Surgery》是一本兼具知识性和可读性的佳作。它不仅填补了脑外科手术领域传记作品的空白，还为读者提供了一个全面了解这一专业领域的窗口。无论是对医学感兴趣的读者，还是希望了解大脑奥秘的普通人，都能从这本书中获得丰富的知识和深刻的启示‌。

书名：Gray Matters: A Biography of Brain Surgery

作者：Theodore H. Schwartz

简介：“If you are at all curious about the brain or the surgeons who operate on it, Gray Matters is a must read and Dr. Theodore Schwartz is the perfect guide, a master brain surgeon and superbly talented writer. I have not read a better biography of our shared profession, and in Schwartz's talented hands, the most enigmatic 3 1/2 pounds of tissue in the known universe comes to light in remarkable and revelatory ways.”
—Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Chief Medical Correspondent, and New York Times and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Keep Sharp: Build a Better Brain at Any Age

A popular biography of brain surgery, by one of its preeminent practitioners

We’ve all heard the phrase “it’s not brain surgery.” But what exactly is brain surgery? It’s a profession that is barely a hundred years old and profoundly connects two human beings, but few know how it works, or its history. How did early neurosurgeons come to understand the human brain—an extraordinarily complex organ that controls everything we do, and yet at only three pounds is so fragile? And how did this incredibly challenging and lifesaving specialty emerge?

In this warm, rigorous, and deeply insightful book, Dr. Theodore H. Schwartz explores what it’s like to hold the scalpel, wield the drill, extract a tumor, fix a bullet hole, and remove a blood clot—when every second can mean life or death. Drawing from the author’s own cases, plus media, sports, and government archives, this seminal work delves into all the brain-related topics that have long-consumed public curiosity, like what really happened to JFK, President Biden’s brain surgery, and the NFL’s management of CTE. Dr. Schwartz also surveys the field’s latest incredible advances and discusses the philosophical questions of the unity of the self and the existence of free will.

A neurosurgeon as well as a professor of neurosurgery at Weill Cornell Medical Center at New York Presbyterian Hospital, one of the busiest and most highly ranked neurosurgery centers in the world, Dr. Schwartz tells this story like no one else could. Told through anecdote and clear explanation, this is the ultimate cultural and scientific history of a literally mind-blowing human endeavor, one that cuts to the core of who we are.