A Ellis, Harold 1926- creator author. Abdalla, Sala author. text bibliography Print books. flu ©2019 2019 Third edition. monographic eng

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266 p: cm. Surgery in prehistoric times -- The early years of written history : Mesopotamia, ancient Egypt, China and India -- Surgery in ancient Greece and Rome -- The Dark Ages and the Renaissance -- The age of the surgeon-anatomist : part 1-from the mid 16th century to the end of the 17th century -- The age of the surgeon-anatomist : part 2-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 -- A history of surgery. Harold Ellis, Sala Abdalla. Preceded by The Cambridge illustrated history of surgery / Harold Ellis. 2nd ed. 2009. Includes bibliographical references and index. General Surgery history RD19 .E45 2019 9781138617391 (paperback : alk. paper) 9781138617407 (hardback : alk. paper) 2018031277 DNLM/DLC 180702 20200601142703.0 20569388 eng