A historical narrative, where surgeons and body-snatchers colluded and conspired because this was the only way the surgeons could get anatomical experience. This book tells the story of Astley Cooper (1768-1841), a tearaway young man from Norfolk who became a fiery radical and a brilliantly successful surgeon.
A historical narrative, where surgeons and body-snatchers colluded and conspired because this was the only way the surgeons could get anatomical exper...
Over the last2,000 years doctors have killed patients far more often than they saved them, and patients have colluded because they trusted themthis book is about how little and how much has changedFor years patients have placed their trust in doctors and the drugs they prescribe; yet as this thought-provoking history of medicine demonstrates, thistrust has often been misplaced. Whether prescribing opium or thalidomide, aspirin or antidepressants, doctors have consistently failed to test their favorite ideasoften with catastrophic results. Only with the development of antibiotics after World...
Over the last2,000 years doctors have killed patients far more often than they saved them, and patients have colluded because they trusted themthis bo...
