Empire of the scalpel the history of surgery
"From a renowned surgeon and historian with five decades of experience comes a remarkable history of surgery's development-spanning the Stone Age to the present day-blending meticulous medical studies with lively and skillful storytelling. There are not many events in life that can be as s...
| Main Author: | Rutkow, Ira M. (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Scribner,
2022.
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| Edition: | First Scribner hardcover edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Beginnings. Genesis
- Exodus
- Prolific pens
- Darkness, then daylight
- Foundations. The human road map
- To stop the flow
- The circle
- Emergence
- Transition
- Revolutions. Pain-free
- They're alive
- Scientific progress
- The shock of technology
- Baptisms. Mass appeal
- Professionalization
- Triumphs. The blood of war
- The center of things
- Out with the old
- The present and the future. Changes
- Prospects.