Blood and Guts
A History of Surgery
$41.22
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
15 February 2016
Summary
A colourful narrative history on the macabre world 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…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781785940248 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1785940244 |
| Author: | Richard Hollingham, Michael Mosley |
| Publisher: | Ebury Publishing |
| Imprint: | BBC Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 15 February 2016 |
| Weight: | 406g |
| Dimensions: | 233mm x 155mm x 26mm |
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Blood and Guts is an excellent history of surgery… a highly readable book, full of gripping anedcotes
Blood and Guts is an excellent history of surgery… a highly readable book, full of gripping anedcotes * Irish Mail on Sunday *
About The Author
Richard Hollingham
Richard Hollingham is a writer, journalist and BBC radio presenter. He has written and presented a number of BBC radio series on science, the environment and international politics. A former senior producer on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, Richard is also a frequent contributor to From Our Own Correspondent. His popular science book How to Clone the Perfect Blonde, co-authored with Sue Nelson, was longlisted for the coveted Aventis Science Prize in 2004.
Michael Mosley is an award-winning BBC producer. As the presenter of the highly acclaimed BBC series Medical Mavericks he experimented on himself to demonstrate the revolutionary new techniques of medical pioneers. He is the presenter of Blood and Guts- a History of Surgery.
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