Blood and guts
Richard Hollingham · 2009
על הספר
A colourful narrative history on the macabre world of surgeryToday, astonishing surgical breakthroughs are making face transplants, limb transplants and a host of other previously undreamed of operations possible. But getting here has not been a simple story of selfless men working tirelessly in the pursuit of medical advancement. Instead it's a bloodstained tale of blunders, arrogance, mishap and murder.In trying to keep us alive, surgeons have all too often killed us off, and life-saving solutions have often come from the most surprising places. Accompanying a BBC series, Blood and Guts is an incredible story of stolen corpses, medical fraud, lobotomized patients - and every now and then courageous advances that have saved the lives of millions around the world. You may think twice before going under the knife...
פרטי הספר
- שנה
- 2009
- שפה
- English
- הוצאה
- Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
- מהדורות
- 4
- עמודים
- 319
- ISBN
- 9780312575465
מקור הנתונים: Wikidata
