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Blood and guts : a history of surgery  Cover Image Book Book

Blood and guts : a history of surgery / Richard Hollingham ; foreword by Michael Mosley.

Summary:

Surveys surgical history, including Robert Liston's amputations, Joseph Lister's antiseptic technique, and Water Freeman's lobotomies.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780312575465
  • ISBN: 0312575467
  • ISBN: 9781250057730
  • ISBN: 1250057736
  • Physical Description: 319 pages ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First U.S. edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2009.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Published to accompany the BBC television series Blood and Guts, first broadcast on BBC2 in 2008"--BBC edition.
"First published in Great Britain by BBC Books, an imprint of Ebury Publishing, a Random House Group Company"--Title page verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-307) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Bloody beginnings -- Affairs of the heart -- Dead man's hand -- Fixing faces -- Surgery of the soul.
Subject: Surgery > History.
Medical errors > History.
General Surgery > history.
Medical Errors > history.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Kirtland Community College Library RD 19 .H65 2009 30775305542699 General Collection Available -


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