Pithy Books: medicine https://pithybooks.com/tags/medicine/ Latest Pithy Books summaries tagged “medicine”. en Fri, 02 Oct 2026 18:12:10 GMT Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese: summary https://pithybooks.com/books/cutting-for-stone/ https://pithybooks.com/books/cutting-for-stone/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Twin surgeon brothers come of age in Ethiopia and America in Verghese's sweeping medical saga. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot: summary https://pithybooks.com/books/the-immortal-life-of-henrietta-lacks/ https://pithybooks.com/books/the-immortal-life-of-henrietta-lacks/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT The cells of a poor Black tobacco farmer revolutionized medicine, taken without her knowledge in 1951. When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi: summary https://pithybooks.com/books/when-breath-becomes-air/ https://pithybooks.com/books/when-breath-becomes-air/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT A neurosurgeon facing terminal cancer asks what makes life meaningful when time runs out.