Operations That Made History

by Harold Ellis

Book Overview

This book aims to give the reader an appreciation of the historical perspective of surgery and the author illustrates this in a number of ways. Firstly, Professor Ellis describes some of the major surgical 'break-throughs', such as the first gastrectomy. He then goes on to cover some procedures which, though minor in themselves, nonetheless made a great impact on surgery. An example of this is the first operation to be performed under anaesthesia...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1900151154
• ISBN13: 9781900151153
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: Greenwich Medical Media
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.3"