UpdatedMon, May 17, 2021 at 12:42 pm ET
Reply Well-researched. Well-written. Suspenseful. Best of all, the book is fascinating. The Wall Street Journal
Shaker Library will host medical historian and critically-acclaimed author Brandy Schillace at 7 pm Wednesday evening June 2 via Zoom when she will discuss her newest book,
Mr. Humble and Dr. Butcher: A Monkey s Head, the Pope s Neuroscientist, and the Quest to Transplant the Soul.
The book is the true story of the late Dr. Robert White, Shaker resident and MetroHealth s first Chief of Neurosurgery, who tested the boundaries of science and ethics in his quest to transplant the human soul. The electronic book is available to download here from Overdrive or the physical book can be reserved here from the library.