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Mr. Humble and Dr. Butcher, a monkey's head, the Pope's neuroscientist, and the quest to transplant the soul, Brandy Schillace

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Mr. Humble and Dr. Butcher, a monkey's head, the Pope's neuroscientist, and the quest to transplant the soul, Brandy Schillace

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-281) and index

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individual biography

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Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Mr. Humble and Dr. Butcher

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Brandy Schillace

Sub title

a monkey's head, the Pope's neuroscientist, and the quest to transplant the soul

Summary

The story of an American neurosurgeon’s Cold War-era attempts to not only perform a brain transplant, but also his work to perfect surgery that would allow the soul to live on after the death of the body. Mr. Humble and Dr. Butcher follows his decades-long quest into tangled matters of science, global politics, and faith, revealing the complex (and often murky) ethics of experimentation and remarkable innovations that today save patients from certain death

Table Of Contents

Introduction: Meet the resurrection men -- For want of a kidney -- Two-headed dogs and the space race -- What do dead brains think? -- Brains behind the iron curtain (or, Science, vodka, and pretty girls) -- Frankenstein's monkey -- The modern Prometheus -- The human animal -- The perfect patient -- What if we don't need the spinal cord? -- Conclusion: Dr. Frankenstein's reprise

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Mister Humble and Doctor ButcherMr. Humble & Dr. Butcher

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