Blood and Guts: A History of SurgeryBlood and Guts: A History of Surgery
Richard Hollingham - Blood and Guts: A History of SurgeryBlood and Guts: A History of Surgery
Published: 2008-09-23 | ISBN: 1250057736, 1846075033 | EPUB + MOBI | 320 pages | 8 MB
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…