# The Scalpel and the Silver Bear

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- Book: [The Scalpel and the Silver Bear](https://www.bookquiver.com/lori-alvord/the-scalpel-and-the-silver-bear) ([The Scalpel and the Silver Bear.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/lori-alvord/the-scalpel-and-the-silver-bear.md))
- Authors: [Lori Alvord](https://www.bookquiver.com/lori-alvord), [Elizbeth Cohen Van Pelt](https://www.bookquiver.com/elizbeth-cohen-van-pelt)
- Publisher: bantam
- ISBN: 978-05-5337-800-9
- Pages: 224
- Published: 2000-06-06
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

The first Navajo woman surgeon combines western medicine and traditional healing. A spellbinding journey between two worlds, this remarkable book describes surgeon Lori Arviso Alvord's struggles to bring...