Ingenious Pain

Physical description; 337 pages ; 24 cm. Notes; "A Sceptre book". Summary; The rise, fall and redemption of an extraordinary man born unable to feel pain. Growing up in the West Country in the mid-18th century, James Dyer grows up to become a brilliant surgeon. En route to St Petersburg he meets a witchlike woman who proves both his nemesis and saviour. Subjects; 18th century. Medicine - History - 18th century. Nervous System Malformations. Physicians - history. Pain. Surgeons. Physicians - Europe - Fiction. Physicians - England - Fiction. English fiction - 20th century. Europe - History - 18th century - Fiction. Historical fiction ; Modern fiction. Fiction / Historical. Fiction / General. Physicians ; Fiction. Genres; Historical fiction. Novels.