Under the knife : a history of surgery in 28 remarkable operations / Arnold van de Laar.

  • Laar, Arnold van de
Date:
2018
  • Books

About this work

Also known as

Onder het mes. English

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."--Provided by publisher.

Publication/Creation

New York, NY : St. Martin's Press, 2018.

Physical description

357 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : black and white illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm

Contributors

Edition

First U.S. edition.

Notes

Translation of: Onder het mes : de beroemdste patiënten en operaties uit de geschiedenis van de chirurgie.

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.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-331) and index.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    V /LAA
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ISBN

  • 9781250200105
  • 1250200105