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Under the Knife: A History of Surgery in 28 Remarkable Operations
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Title: Under the Knife: A History of Surgery in 28 Remarkable Operations
Author: Arnold Van de Laar
ISBN: 9781250200105
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2018
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Edition: First Edition
Number of Pages: 368
Publisher Description: <p><b>Surgeon Arnold van de Laar uses his own experience and expertise to tell this engrossing </b><b>history of surgery through 28 famous operations--from Louis XIV and Einstein to JFK and </b><b>Houdini.</b> <p/>From the story of the desperate man from seventeenth-century Amsterdam who grimly cut a stone out of his own bladder to Bob Marley's deadly toe, <i>Under the Knife</i> offers a wealth of fascinating and unforgettable insights into medicine and history via the operating room. <p/>What happens during an operation? How does the human body respond to being attacked by a knife, a bacterium, a cancer cell or a bullet? And, as medical advances continuously push the boundaries of what medicine can cure, what are the limits of surgery? <p/>With stories spanning the dark centuries of bloodletting and amputations without anaesthetic through today's sterile, high-tech operating rooms, <i>Under the Knife</i> is both a rich cultural history, and a modern anatomy class for us all.</p>
Author: Arnold Van de Laar
ISBN: 9781250200105
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2018
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Edition: First Edition
Number of Pages: 368
Publisher Description: <p><b>Surgeon Arnold van de Laar uses his own experience and expertise to tell this engrossing </b><b>history of surgery through 28 famous operations--from Louis XIV and Einstein to JFK and </b><b>Houdini.</b> <p/>From the story of the desperate man from seventeenth-century Amsterdam who grimly cut a stone out of his own bladder to Bob Marley's deadly toe, <i>Under the Knife</i> offers a wealth of fascinating and unforgettable insights into medicine and history via the operating room. <p/>What happens during an operation? How does the human body respond to being attacked by a knife, a bacterium, a cancer cell or a bullet? And, as medical advances continuously push the boundaries of what medicine can cure, what are the limits of surgery? <p/>With stories spanning the dark centuries of bloodletting and amputations without anaesthetic through today's sterile, high-tech operating rooms, <i>Under the Knife</i> is both a rich cultural history, and a modern anatomy class for us all.</p>
