The Scalpel and the Soul: Encounters with Surgery, the Supernatural, and the Healing Power of Hope Book

Foreword   Andrew Weil, M.D.     ix
Introduction     xi
Crystal Ball     1
Ogooue: River of Doubt     11
The Dying of the Light     29
Is There a Doctor in the House?     45
No One Dies with Harvard Numbers     54
From Flesh to Spirit     64
Queen of the Gypsies     79
Incidental Finding     88
Mother-and-Child Reunion     94
The Exorcist     106
Thread of Hope     126
Singing in the Brain     141
For the Love of God     154
The Surgeon Who Became a Murderer     166
Luck of the Draw     179
Soul Survivor     188
Epilogue: Decent Interval     205
Twenty Rules to Live By     213
Acknowledgments     243
Index     249