Bibliograph

Under the knife, a history of surgery in 28 remarkable operations, Arnold van de Laar

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Under the knife, a history of surgery in 28 remarkable operations, Arnold van de Laar

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-331) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Under the knife

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1037894816

Responsibility statement

Arnold van de Laar

Sub title

a history of surgery in 28 remarkable operations

Summary

"Surgeon Arnold Van de Laar uses his own experience and expertise to tell this engrossing history of surgery through 28 famous operations - from Louis XIV to JFK, and from Einstein to Houdini. 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, Under the Knife offers all kinds of fascinating and unforgettable insights into medicine and history via the operating theater. 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? From the dark centuries of bloodletting and of amputations without anaesthetic to today's sterile, high-tech operating theatres, Under the Knife is both a rich cultural history, and a modern anatomy class for us all"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Lithotomy -- Asphyxia -- Wound healing -- Shock -- Obesity -- Stoma -- Fracture -- Varicose veins -- Peritonitis -- Narcosis -- Gangrene -- Diagnosis -- Complications -- Dissemination -- Abdomen -- Aneurysm -- Laparoscopy -- Castration -- Lung cancer -- Placebo -- Umbilical hernia -- Short stay, fast track -- Mors in tabula -- Prosthesis -- Stroke -- Gastrectomy -- Anal fistula -- Electricity -- The surgeon of the future : a top 10

Target audience

adult

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Contributor