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CORAZÓN y BISTURÍ

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  The book *Corazón y Bisturí* (Heart and Scalpel) reveals the lives of two doctors who—alongside a handful of others—brought public health to the territories of the newly formed Neuquén Province, a region where roads were scarce. Through a daughter’s intimate perspective, the work reconstructs endless shifts, childbirths by lantern light, door-to-door vaccination campaigns, and decisions that altered the destiny of a community. With a narrative that blends historical rigor with poetic resonance, the book illuminates the figure of a rural physician—one of the province's first—and her tireless work alongside her husband in a territory that was forging its own identity. *Corazón y Bisturí* invites readers to explore a pivotal chapter in Neuquén’s public health history starting in the 1960s, to listen to the Patagonian wind that holds the memory of names, and to feel how the scalpel and the heart can beat in unison. A book for those who seek to understand, remember, and give thanks. A...