Under the Knife
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Under the Knife

A History of Surgery in 28 Remarkable Operations

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Under the Knife

A History of Surgery in 28 Remarkable Operations

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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 and Einstein to JFK and 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 a wealth of fascinating and unforgettable insights into medicine and history via the operating room.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?With stories spanning the dark centuries of bloodletting and amputations without anaesthetic through today's sterile, high-tech operating rooms, Under the Knife is both a rich cultural history, and a modern anatomy class for us all.

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Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Year
2018
ISBN
9781250200099
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Medical Theory, Practice & Reference

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Notice
  4. Introduction: Healing by Hand: Chirurgeons and Surgeons
  5. 1. Lithotomy: The Stone of Jan de Doot, Smith of Amsterdam
  6. 2. Asphyxia: The Tracheotomy of the Century: President Kennedy
  7. 3. Wound Healing: The Royal Prepuce: Abraham and King Louis XVI
  8. 4. Shock: The Lady and the Anarchist: Empress Sisi
  9. 5. Obesity: Popes: From Peter to Francis
  10. 6. Stoma: The Miracle Bullet: Karol WojtyƂa
  11. 7. Fracture: Dr Democedes and the Greek Method: King Darius
  12. 8. Varicose Veins: Lucy and Modern-Day Surgery: Australopithecus afarensis
  13. 9. Peritonitis: The Death of an Escape Artist: Harry Houdini
  14. 10. Narcosis: L’anaesthĂ©sie Ă  la reine: Queen Victoria
  15. 11. Gangrene: The Battle of Little Bay: Peter Stuyvesant
  16. 12. Diagnosis: Doctors and Surgeons: Hercule Poirot and Sherlock Holmes
  17. 13. Complications: The Maestro and the Shah: Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
  18. 14. Dissemination: Two Musicians and Their Big Toes: Lully and Bob Marley
  19. 15. Abdomen: The Romans and Abdominoplasty: Lucius Apronius Caesianus
  20. 16. Aneurysm: The Relativity of Surgery: Albert Einstein
  21. 17. Laparoscopy: Endoscopy and the Minimal Invasive Revolution
  22. 18. Castration: The History of a Very Simple Operation: Adam, Eve and Farinelli
  23. 19. Lung Cancer: Thoracotomy at Home: King George VI
  24. 20. Placebo: The Fifth Man on the Moon: Alan Shepard
  25. 21. Umbilical Hernia: The Miserable Death of a Stout Lady: Queen Caroline
  26. 22. Short Stay, Fast Track: Rebels and Revolutions: Bassini and Lichtenstein
  27. 23. Mors in tabula: The Limits of Surgery: Lee Harvey Oswald
  28. 24. Prosthesis: Une belle Ă©paule de la belle Ă©poque: The Baker Jules Pedoux
  29. 25. Stroke: The Neck of Vladimir Ilyich Uljanov: Lenin
  30. 26. Gastrectomy: Cowboys and Surgeons: Frau ThérÚse Heller
  31. 27. Anal fistula: La Grande Opération: King Louis XIV
  32. 28. Electricity: 600 Volts: The Electric Eel at Artis Zoo
  33. Epilogue: The Surgeon of the Future: A Top 10
  34. Photos
  35. Acknowledgements
  36. Glossary
  37. Bibliography
  38. Notes
  39. Index
  40. About the Author
  41. Newsletter Sign-up
  42. Contents
  43. Copyright