Anesthesia : The Gift of Oblivion and the Mystery of Consciousness (9781640091566)

"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.

Product details

• Format Paperback | 416 pages
• Dimensions 140 x 208 x 36mm | 408g
• Publication date 27 Dec 2018
• Publisher COUNTERPOINT
• Publication City/Country Berkeley, United States
• Language English
• Edition Statement Reprint
• ISBN10 1640091564
• ISBN13 9781640091566
• Bestsellers rank 1,559,239

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