The Tincture of Time

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Silver, Elizabeth L., 1978– author.

Title: The Tincture of Time: A Memoir of (Medical) Uncertainty / Elizabeth L. Silver.

Description: New York: Penguin Press, 2017.

Identifiers: LCCN 2016043492 (print) | LCCN 2016058648 (ebook) | ISBN 9781101981443 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781101981467 (e-book)

Subjects: LCSH: Infants—Diseases. | Parenthood. | BISAC: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs. | BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Medical. | FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / General.

Classification: LCC RJ45 .S545 2017 (print) | LCC RJ45 (ebook) | DDC 618.92—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016043492

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