Genre: | Biography & Memoirs |
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Language : | English |
Published: | September 20, 2016 |
Edition: | 4th |
Paperback | |
ISBN13: | 9781615193622 |
ISBN10: | 1615193626 |
Pages: | 432 |
Dimensions: | 5.5 x 8.3 x 1.3 inches |
Weight: | 521.63 g |
Now in paperback: a #1 New York Times–bestselling author’s gripping chronicle of “two doctors . . . bringing light to those in darkness” (Time)
Second Suns is the unforgettable true story of two very different doctors with a common mission: to rid the world of preventable blindness. Dr. Geoffrey Tabin was the high-achieving “bad boy” of his class at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Sanduk Ruit grew up in a remote village in the Himalayas, where cataract blindness―easily curable in modern hospitals―amounts to an epidemic. Together, they pioneered a new surgical method, by which they have restored sight to over 100,000 people―all for about $20 per operation.