Under the knife : a history of surgery in 28 remarkable operations
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Author
Contributors
Brown, Andy (Translator), translator.
Published
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2018.
ISBN
9781250200105, 1250200105
Status
Oak Lawn Public Library - Stacks
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Published
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2018.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
357 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9781250200105, 1250200105
Notes
General Note
Translation of: Onder het mes : de beroemdste patiënten en operaties uit de geschiedenis van de chirurgie.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-331) and index.
Description
"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.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Laar, A. v. d., & Brown, A. (. (2018). Under the knife: a history of surgery in 28 remarkable operations (First U.S. edition.). St. Martin's Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Laar, Arnold van de and Andy (Translator), Brown. 2018. Under the Knife: A History of Surgery in 28 Remarkable Operations. St. Martin's Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Laar, Arnold van de and Andy (Translator), Brown. Under the Knife: A History of Surgery in 28 Remarkable Operations St. Martin's Press, 2018.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Laar, Arnold van de, and Andy (Translator) Brown. Under the Knife: A History of Surgery in 28 Remarkable Operations First U.S. edition., St. Martin's Press, 2018.
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