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A history of surgery / Harold Ellis, Sala Abdalla.

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: Boca Raton, Florida : CRC Press, ©2019Edition: Third editionDescription: 266 p: cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781138617391 (paperback : alk. paper)
  • 9781138617407 (hardback : alk. paper)
Uniform titles:
  • Cambridge history of surgery
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • RD19 .E45 2019
Contents:
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.
Item type: BOOKS
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Preceded by The Cambridge illustrated history of surgery / Harold Ellis. 2nd ed. 2009.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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