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Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery

Paperback by Hollingham, Richard; Mosley, Michael

Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery

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ISBN:
9781785940248
Publication Date:
4 Feb 2016
Language:
English
Publisher:
Ebury Publishing
Imprint:
BBC Books
Pages:
336 pages
Format:
Paperback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 4 - 6 Aug 2026
Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery

Description

Today, astonishing surgical breakthroughs are making face transplants, limb transplants and a host of other previously undreamed of operations possible. But getting here has not been a simple story of selfless men working tirelessly in the pursuit of medical advancement. Instead it's a bloodstained tale of blunders, arrogance, mishap and murder. In trying to keep us alive, surgeons have all too often killed us off, and life-saving solutions have often come from the most surprising places. Accompanying a BBC series, Blood and Guts is an incredible story of stolen corpses, medical fraud, lobotomized patients - and every now and then courageous advances that have saved the lives of millions around the world. You may think twice before going under the knife...

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