Blake Audrey - The Surgeon's Daughter A Novel - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: Women's work is a matter of life and death Nora Beady the only female student at a prestigious medical school in Bologna is a rarity. In the 19th century women are expected to remain at home and raise children so her unconventional indelicate ambitions to become a licensed surgeon offend the men around her. Under constant scrutiny Nora's successes are taken for granted; her mistakes used as proof that women aren't suited to the field. Everything changes when she allies herself with Magdalena Morenco the sole female doctor on - staff. Together the two women develop new techniques to improve a groundbreaking surgery: the Cesarean section. It's a highly dangerous procedure and the research is grueling but even worse is the vitriolic response from men. Most don't trust the findings of women and many can choose to deny their wives medical care. Already facing resistance on all sides Nora is shaken when she meets a patient who will die without the surgery. If the procedure is successful her work could change the world. But a failure could cost everything: precious lives Nora's career and the role women will be allowed to play in medicine.
Title: The Surgeon's Daughter A Novel
Author(s): Blake Audrey
Publisher: Sourcebooks Inc
Barcode: 9781728228754
Pages: 432 Pages
Publication Date: 5/10/2022
Category: Historical Fiction