"[PDF READ ONLINE] Crucial Interventions: An Illustrated Treatise on the Principles & Practice of Nineteenth-Century Surgery
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A beautifully illustrated look at the evolution of surgery, as revealed through rare technicalillustrations, sketches, and oil paintings The nineteenth century saw major advances in the practice of surgery. In 1750, the anatomist John Hunter described it as 8220a humiliating spectacle of the futility of science8221 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 surgeons8217 understanding of the human body. For the first time, surgical techniques were refined, illustrated in color, and disseminated on the printed page.Crucial Interventions follows this evolution, drawing from magnificent examples of rare surgical textbooks from the mid-nineteenth century. Graphic and sometimes unnerving yet beautifully rendered, these fascinating illustrations, acquired from the Wellcome
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