296 Pages
by
Routledge
296 Pages
by
Routledge
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Throughout its development, from an ancient craft of magic and religion to a field of science and technology, surgery has inspired strong feelings--hope and admiration, fear and censure, but never indifference. Here, for the first time-- in The Illustrated History of Surgery--is a readable and chronological account, across the whole spectrum of world history, of the development of surgery and of... Read more
1 The beginnings of medicine 2 The rise of Western surgery 3 Medieval medicine 4 Surgery in the Renaissance 5 Medicine becomes a science 6 The surgeons of the Enlightenment 7 Surgery in the Age of Revolutions 8 The human face of surgery 9 The triumph of complex operations 10 The world of modern surgery
Biography
Knut Haeger, Revised and updated by Sir Roy Charles FRS, Professor of Surgery, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge
"A competent work.. Intended for both physicians and general readers." -- American Reference Books Annual
"Highly recommended for specialized as well as general collections." -- E-Streams
