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Blood and Guts

A History of Surgery

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Blood and Guts

By: Richard Hollingham
Narrated by: Liam Gerrard
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Today, astonishing surgical breakthroughs are making limb transplants, face transplants, and a host of other previously undreamed-of operations possible. But getting here has not been a simple story of medical progress. In Blood and Guts, veteran science writer Richard Hollingham weaves a compelling narrative from the key moments in surgical history. We have a ringside seat in the operating theater of University College Hospital in London as world-renowned Victorian surgeon Robert Liston performs a remarkable amputation in 30 seconds - from first cut to final stitch. Innovations such as Joseph Lister's antiseptic technique, the first open-heart surgery, and Walter Freeman's lobotomy operations, among other breakthroughs, are brought to life in vivid detail. This is popular science writing at its best.

©2008 Richard Hollingham (P)2019 Tantor History History & Commentary History & Philosophy Medicine & Health Care Industry Science Surgery Medicine Nursing Education
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I love a good "history through a lense" book. Most in this format will have chapters that are more interesting than others, depending on the readers interests, yet that matters very little when the narration is this charming.

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