Crucial Interventions: An Illustrated Treatise on the Principles & Practice of Nineteenth-Century Surgery.

ISBN-13: 9780500518106 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 256 str.

Richard Barnett

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Crucial Interventions follows this evolution, drawing from magnificent examples of rare surgical textbooks from the mid-nineteenth century. Graphic and sometimes unnerving yet beautifully rendered, these fascinating illustrations, acquired from the Wellcome Collection's extensive archives, include step-by-step surgical techniques paired with depictions of medical instruments and depictions of operations in progress. Arranged for the layman (from head to toe)Crucial Interventions is a captivating look at the early history of one of the world's most mysterious and macabre professions.