The invention of surgery : a history of modern medicine : from the Renaissance to the implant revolution
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Published
New York : Pegasus Books, 2020.
Status
Central - Adult Nonfiction
617.09 SCHNE
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617.09 SCHNE
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Published
New York : Pegasus Books, 2020.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xx, 380 pages, 24 leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-366) and index.
Description
The Invention of Surgery explains this dramatic progress and highlights the personalities of the discipline's most dynamic historical figures. It links together the lives of the pioneering scientists who first understood what causes disease, how organs become infected or cancerous, and how surgery could powerfully intercede in people's lives, and then shows how the rise of surgery intersected with many of the greatest medical breakthroughs of the last century, including the evolution of medical education, the transformation of the hospital from a place of dying to a habitation of healing, the development of antibiotics, and the rise of transistors and polymer science. And as Schneider argues, surgery has not finished transforming; new technologies are constantly reinventing both the practice of surgery and the nature of the objects we are permanently implanting in our bodies. Schneider considers these latest developments, asking "What's next?" and analyzing how our conception of surgery has changed alongside our evolving ideas of medicine, technology, and our bodies.--,Publisher's description.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Schneider, D. (2020). The invention of surgery: a history of modern medicine : from the Renaissance to the implant revolution (First Pegasus Books cloth edition.). Pegasus Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Schneider, David. 2020. The Invention of Surgery: A History of Modern Medicine : From the Renaissance to the Implant Revolution. Pegasus Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Schneider, David. The Invention of Surgery: A History of Modern Medicine : From the Renaissance to the Implant Revolution Pegasus Books, 2020.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Schneider, David. The Invention of Surgery: A History of Modern Medicine : From the Renaissance to the Implant Revolution First Pegasus Books cloth edition., Pegasus Books, 2020.
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