<영어로 읽는 공상과학 소설 _ 알렌 E. 너스의 최후의 치료>
이 책은 Alan E. Nourse가 1957년에 “Tiger by the Tail and Other Science Fiction Stories"에 발표한 단편 공상과학 소설이다. "The Coffin Cure"는 의료 윤리, 사망률, 불멸에 대한 탐구라는 주제를 탐구하고 있다. 이는 의료 전문가가 직면한 윤리적 딜레마와 삶과 죽음의 자연적 과정을 훼손한 결과에 대해 생각을 불러일으키는 질문을 제기하고 있다.
Alan Edward Nourse는 미국의 SF 작가이자 의사였다. 그는 청소년 및 성인 SF 소설은 물론 의학과 과학에 관한 논픽션 작품도 썼다. 그의 SF 작품은 때때로 의학 또는 사이오닉에 초점을 맞췄다. 그의 가장 유명한 필명은 Doctor X였다.


This book is a short science fiction novel by Alan E. Nourse published in “Tiger by the Tail and Other Science Fiction Stories” in 1957. “The Coffin Cure” explores the themes of medical ethics, mortality, and the quest for immortality. It raises thought-provoking questions about the ethical dilemmas facing medical professionals and the consequences of undermining the natural processes of life and death.
Alan Edward Nourse was an American science fiction writer and physician. He has written young adult and adult science fiction as well as nonfiction works about medicine and science. His science fiction work sometimes focused on medicine or psionics. His most famous pen name was Doctor X.

Summary
When the discovery was announced, it was Dr. Chauncey Patrick Coffin who announced it. He had, of course, arranged with uncanny skill to take most of the credit for himself. If it turned out to be greater than he had hoped, so much the better. His presentation was scheduled for the last night of the American College of Clinical Practitioners' annual meeting, and Coffin had fully intended it to be a bombshell.
It was. Its explosion exceeded even Dr. Coffin's wilder expectations, which took quite a bit of doing.

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The Coffin Cure