Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Dr. Mütter's Marvels: A True Tale of Intrigue and Innovation at the Dawn of Modern Medicine by Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz

9 reviews

dblue236's review

dark informative medium-paced

4.0

I have always been fascinated by the Mutter Museum, although I have never had a chance to visit it myself. I had never learned much of anything about Dr. Mutter himself, and I found this book really interesting, albeit a bit slow moving from time to time. Some of the information about his colleagues felt a bit superfluous, but overall I was really engrossed in this and walked away from it feeling like I had learned something I may not ever have known much about otherwise. If you're interested in the medical field or biographies in general, I definitely recommend this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

hb_bookworm's review

informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Self harm and Suicidal thoughts

mountain_adventures's review

adventurous dark informative medium-paced

5.0

I read this book in preparation for a trip to the Mutter Museum. This book did not disappoint and really explained the legacy of Dr. Mutter. Unfortunately, the museum had very little of his work displayed. I have actually seen more of his work on loan at other museums. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Medical trauma

cyberhavok's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content

Moderate: Pregnancy

thecozyrogue's review

hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content

Moderate: Terminal illness, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Slavery

nonbinarian_librarian's review

challenging dark informative reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Miscarriage, Misogyny, and Abortion

roadki77's review

dark funny informative inspiring medium-paced

4.75

Biography about Dr. Thomas Mütter with illustrations and photos, and some side-biographies about his peers/coworkers/students.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Cancer, Death, Gore, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

rstegema's review against another edition

informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

I had heard of Dr. Mutter before, but I had no idea how influential and compassionate he truly was. His story is incredible and this book presents it in an engaging and informative way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Animal cruelty

rosenaughtin's review

challenging dark informative slow-paced

3.0

I really wanted to love this book, but I was pretty disappointed. Dr. Mütter had a fascinating life, but instead of focussing on his surgical innovations and collection of gory medical marvels (as the title would suggest), 95% of this book was about the politics of medical colleges in Philidelphia. I got very little sense of who Mütter was as a person, other than he was charismatic and liked to dress ostentatiously, and his poor wife was mentioned exactly three times. There were way too many long quotes pulled from students and contemporaries and very little information on the actual technologies of the time. And other than the introduction, there was no mention of how he accumulated his collection that would later become the Mütter Museum. It made for a very boring read that left me wanting a lot more. 

Fun fact: Mütter added the umlaut to his name after studying in Paris, to make himself sound more European. I don't know why, I just find that hilarious.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, and Medical content