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This handbook covers the technical, social and cultural history of surgery. It reflects the state of the art and suggests directions for future research. It dis

Preceded by The Cambridge illustrated history of surgery / Harold Ellis. 2nd ed. 2009.

A history of key advances in surgery including primitive techniques. Includes a facsinating glimpse into the future of surgery.

Surgery as a medical discipline has from its beginnings appealed to the imagination of many. It is therefore not surprising to find that its colourful past has

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