Dr. Mutter's MarvelsBy: Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz A mesmerizing biography of the brilliant and eccentric medical innovator who revolutionized American surgery and founded the countrys most famous museum of medical oddities Imagine undergoing an operation without anesthesia, performed by a surgeon who refuses to sterilize his toolsor even wash his hands. This was the world of medicine when Thomas Dent Mtter began his trailblazing career as a plastic surgeon in Philadelphia