Blood and Guts - A History of Surgery

Today, 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...

Product details

• Authors: Richard Hollingham, Richard (Author) Hollingham, Hollingham Richard
• Assisted by: Michael Mosley (Foreword)
• Publisher: BBC Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2017
• EAN: 9781785940248
• ISBN: 978-1-78594-024-8
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 234 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); SCIENCE / History, murder; death; hospital; history of medicine