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

by Richard Barnett and The Wellcome Collection

The nineteenth century saw major advances in the practice of surgery. In 1750, the anatomist John Hunter described it as "a humiliating spectacle of the futility of science"; yet, over the next 150 years the feared, practical men of medicine benefited from a revolution in scientific progress and the increased availability of instructional textbooks. Anesthesia and antisepsis were introduced. Newly established medical schools improved surgeons' understanding...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0500518106
• ISBN13: 9780500518106
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.0" x 9.7"