Bibliograph

Burn unit, saving lives after the flames, Barbara Ravage

Type

Label

Burn unit, saving lives after the flames, Barbara Ravage

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Burn unit

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

54487390

Responsibility statement

Barbara Ravage

Sub title

saving lives after the flames

Summary

"... Follows an extraordinary team of healers at Massachusetts General Hospital, the cradle of modern burn treatment and the site of one of the best burn units in the world"--Jacket

Table Of Contents

A life on fire -- Saturday night at the Cocoanut Grove -- A riot in the body -- The general -- The very young, the very old, the drunk, and the stupid -- Bigelow 13 -- In the hyperbaric chamber -- At the bedside -- Gasping for breath -- The scourge and the silver standard -- Cutting off the dead -- Healing -- New skin -- Burned to death -- A new life

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