Download or read book Doctor Olaf Van Schuler's Brain written by Kirsten Menger-Anderson and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Dr. Olaf van Schuler's flight to New Amsterdam in 1664 to the present day, a series of interlinked short stories chronicles generations of physicians in an eccentric family that adopts the latest medical and scientific trends of the day, from spontaneous combustion and phrenology to electric shock treatment, psychosurgery, and genetic research.