Under the knife : a history of surgery in 28 remarkable operations
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New York : St. Martin's Press, 2018.
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First U.S. edition.
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357 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Published
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2018.
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Book
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First U.S. edition.
Street Date
1810
Language
English

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Translation of: Onder het mes : de beroemdste patiënten en operaties uit de geschiedenis van de chirurgie.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-331) and index.
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"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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