The Cambridge illustrated history of surgery /
Ellis, Harold, 1926-
The Cambridge illustrated history of surgery / Illustrated history of surgery Harold Ellis. - 2nd ed. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009. - xiii, 274 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Rev. ed of: A history of surgery / Harold Ellis. 2001.
Includes bibliographical references (p. xiii) and index.
Surgery in prehistoric times -- The early years of written history : Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, and India -- Surgery in ancient Greece and Rome -- The Dark Ages and the Renaissance -- The age of the surgeon-anatomist : from the mid 16th century to the end of the 17th century -- The age of the surgeon-anatomis : from the beginning of the 18th century to the mid 19th century -- The advent of anaesthesia and antisepsis -- The birth of modern surgery from Lister to the 20th century -- The surgery of warfare -- Orthopaedic surgery -- Breast tumours -- Cutting for the stone -- Thyroid and parathyroid -- Thoracic and vascular surgery -- Organ transplantation -- Envoi : today and tomorrow.
9780521896238 (hardback : alk. paper) 9780521720335 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2008039645
Surgery--History.
Surgery--history.
RD19 / .E43 2009
617
The Cambridge illustrated history of surgery / Illustrated history of surgery Harold Ellis. - 2nd ed. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009. - xiii, 274 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Rev. ed of: A history of surgery / Harold Ellis. 2001.
Includes bibliographical references (p. xiii) and index.
Surgery in prehistoric times -- The early years of written history : Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, and India -- Surgery in ancient Greece and Rome -- The Dark Ages and the Renaissance -- The age of the surgeon-anatomist : from the mid 16th century to the end of the 17th century -- The age of the surgeon-anatomis : from the beginning of the 18th century to the mid 19th century -- The advent of anaesthesia and antisepsis -- The birth of modern surgery from Lister to the 20th century -- The surgery of warfare -- Orthopaedic surgery -- Breast tumours -- Cutting for the stone -- Thyroid and parathyroid -- Thoracic and vascular surgery -- Organ transplantation -- Envoi : today and tomorrow.
9780521896238 (hardback : alk. paper) 9780521720335 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2008039645
Surgery--History.
Surgery--history.
RD19 / .E43 2009
617