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The surgeon

BMJ 2003; 326 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/sbmj.0305168a (Published 01 May 2003) Cite this as: BMJ 2003;326:0305168a
  1. Helen Barratt, fourth year medical student1
  1. 1Imperial College, London

Imagine a killer who slips into his victims homes at night, into the rooms where they are sleeping, armed with a scalpel. He ties them up and brutally attacks them before leaving them to bleed to death.

Trauma surgeon Catherine Cordell is the only victim who has survived. She fought back as the killer was attacking her, shooting him dead. Two years later Cordell is still trying to escape the memories of her ordeal. She has moved to Boston, buried herself …

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