The invention of surgery : a history of modern medicine : from the Renaissance to the implant revolution
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- ISBN: 9781643133164
- ISBN: 1643133160
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Physical Description:
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xx, 380 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm - Edition: First Pegasus books cloth edition.
- Publisher: New York : Pegasus Books, 2020.
- Copyright: ©2020
Contents / Notes
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-366) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction -- Dilemma -- Paper, prophet, and printing press -- Vesalius and De Humani Corporis Fabrica -- The rise of science -- Harvey and Hunter -- Pathology -- Germs -- Antibiotics -- Anesthesia -- Elective surgery -- Vitallium -- Oversight and entitlement -- Device clearance -- Medical industrial complex and medical devices -- Surgery of the heart -- Specialization in surgery -- Implant revolution -- The birth of sports medicine -- Calculating the impact -- Brain implants -- Cyborg future and homo erectus. |
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Subject: | Surgery History Surgery Popular works General Surgery history History of Medicine Surgeons history Surgery Operation |
Genre: | Creative nonfiction. Creative nonfiction. History. Popular works. |
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