| The Cambridge Illustrated History of Surgery Contributor(s): Ellis, Harold (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521720338 ISBN-13: 9780521720335 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $122.55 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Surgery - General |
| Dewey: 617 |
| LCCN: 2008039645 |
| Series: Cambridge Illustrated History |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 7.3" W x 9.5" (1.75 lbs) 285 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Written in a lively and engaging style, by a medical author and teacher of great renown, this book provides a fascinating and informative introduction to the development of surgery through the ages. It illustrates some of the key advances in surgery from primitive techniques such as trepanning, through some of the gruesome but occasionally successful methods employed by the ancient civilisations, the increasingly sophisticated techniques of the Greeks and Romans, the advances of the Dark Ages and the Renaissance and on to the early pioneers of anaesthesia and antisepsis such as Morton, Lister and Pasteur. Heavily illustrated in colour, The Cambridge Illustrated History of Surgery is the only serious choice for a reader wanting a lively and informative single-volume introduction to surgical history. |
Contributor Bio(s): Ellis, Harold: - Harold Ellis is Emeritus Professor of Surgery at the University of London, UK. |