The Age of Miracles: Medicine and Surgery in the Nineteenth Century

by Guy R. Williams

Book Overview

The history of medical treatment from the barbarous era of the eighteenth century through the revolutionary and often bizarre changes of the nineteenth century: the introduction of anesthesia and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0897332857
• ISBN13: 9780897332859
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: Academy Chicago Publishers
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.9" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Solid History that is Entertaining

This companion volume to Guy Williams 'The Age of Agony carries the history of medical treatment from the barbarous era of the 18th century through the revolutionary changes which took place in the 19th century. This book takes a scholarly yet anaecdotal approach to his material. He covers corpes for dissection, anaesthetics, social history and scientific history.