This is a wonderful short little book.  I picked it up because Goodreads recommended it based on my reading history, and I’m glad I did.  Wolf Pascoe is the pen name of an anesthesiologist (and blogger).   In these 102 pages, he basically muses about his job. Anaesthesia has a long history, starting with Ondine of Greek mythology, but a relatively short modern history, starting in the 1840s with the use of ether.  Pascoe starts with that and from there intertwines his poetic and philosophical musings with more concrete discussion (although […]