ENGLISH

Operations that made history

By Ellis , Harold

Book information

Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2019
ISBN
9781138334311, 9780367001551, 9780429434280, 0367001551, 1138334316
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4609824 bytes)
Edition
Second edition
Pages
156\169
Time added
2019-04-14 09:00:00
Operative -- methods.;Surgery.Surgery -- History.;General Surgery -- history.;Fa

Description

Content: The first ovariotomy -- Ligation of the abdominal aorta -- Ruptured ectopic pregnancy -- The first successful gastrectomy -- Splenectomy for rupture of the spleen -- Renal transplantation -- 'I dressed the wound and God healed him' -- The birth of anaesthesia -- The compound fracture -- Electrosurgery -- Minimal access surgery -- Queen Caroline's umbilical hernia -- Lord Nelson's amputation -- The sebaceous cyst of George IV -- Henry Thompson and two royal bladder stones -- The appendiceal abscess of Edward VII -- The empyema of George V -- The pneumonectomy of George VI -- Envoi.

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