Empire Of The Scalpel
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Author | : Ira Rutkow |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 416 |
Release | : 2022-03-08 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 1501163760 |
From an eminent surgeon and historian comes the “by turns fascinating and ghastly” (The New York Times Book Review, Editors’ Choice) story of surgery’s development—from the Stone Age to the present day—blending meticulous medical research with vivid storytelling. There are not many life events that can be as simultaneously frightening and hopeful as a surgical operation. In America, tens-of-millions of major surgical procedures are performed annually, yet few of us consider the magnitude of these figures because we have such inherent confidence in surgeons. And, despite passionate debates about health care and the media’s endless fascination with surgery, most of us have no idea how the first surgeons came to be because the story of surgery has never been fully told. Now, Empire of the Scalpel elegantly reveals surgery’s fascinating evolution from its early roots in ancient Egypt to its refinement in Europe and rise to scientific dominance in the United States. From the 16th-century saga of Andreas Vesalius and his crusade to accurately describe human anatomy while appeasing the conservative clergy who clamored for his burning at the stake, to the hard-to-believe story of late-19th century surgeons’ apathy to Joseph Lister’s innovation of antisepsis and how this indifference led to thousands of unnecessary surgical deaths, Empire of the Scalpel is both a global history and a uniquely American tale. You’ll discover how in the 20th century the US achieved surgical leadership, heralded by Harvard’s Joseph Murray and his Nobel Prize–winning, seemingly impossible feat of transplanting a kidney, which ushered in a new era of transplants that continues to make procedures once thought insurmountable into achievable successes. Today, the list of possible operations is almost infinite—from knee and hip replacement to heart bypass and transplants to fat reduction and rhinoplasty—and “Rutkow has a raconteur’s touch” (San Francisco Chronicle) as he draws on his five-decade career to show us how we got here. Comprehensive, authoritative, and captivating, Empire of the Scalpel is “a fascinating, well-rendered story of how the once-impossible became a daily reality” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review).
Author | : Everest Media, |
Publisher | : Everest Media LLC |
Total Pages | : 51 |
Release | : 2022-04-25T22:59:00Z |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 1669390985 |
Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The history of surgery began with the discovery of cavemen who had performed neurosurgery. The skulls were found to have been trepanned, or deliberately removed a large portion of their craniums. #2 The ancient skulls that were found showed that Stone Age surgeons were able to perform complex surgery, such as trephination, which was the removal of part of the skull to treat convulsions, epileptic fits, mental illness, and other neurological maladies. #3 The stele, which was carved out of black basalt, is the most complete legal compendium of Antiquity. It was written and sculpted by the legendary Hammurabi, ruler of the Amorite dynasty of ancient Babylon, and was defaced and flaunted as a trophy of war in the twelfth century BC. #4 The surgeon was considered lower than the priest/ physician in Babylonian society, and the notion of caveat chirurgicus was established. If a surgeon had treated a gentleman for a severe wound with a bronze lancet and caused his death, he would be punished by having his hands cut off.
Author | : Sarah R. Riedman |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2011-09 |
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ISBN | : 9781258103972 |
Author | : Sarah Regal Riedman |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 1973 |
Genre | : Surgeons |
ISBN | : 9780561001845 |
Author | : Edward H. Dixon |
Publisher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages | : 542 |
Release | : 2023-03-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 3382311844 |
Reprint of the original, first published in 1859. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.
Author | : Earl Wagner Wharton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 564 |
Release | : 2003-11-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781410774262 |
Author | : Geoffrey Parker |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 172 |
Release | : 1968 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
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Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Surgeons |
ISBN | : 9789889742652 |
Author | : Samuel Philip Heilman |
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Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1867 |
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Author | : Sydney Gordon |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 330 |
Release | : 1954 |
Genre | : Surgeons |
ISBN | : 9787119035482 |