A History of Surgery

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Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Contents Preface Acknowledgements Authors 1 Surgery in prehistoric times Circumcision Trephination of the skull Cutting for the stone 2 The early years of written history – Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt, China and India Mesopotamia Ancient Egypt China India 3 Surgery in Ancient Greece and Rome Ancient Greece Ancient Rome 4 The Dark Ages and the Renaissance Southern Italy Byzantium Arabian medicine The Renaissance The Renaissance of anatomy 5 The age of the surgeon-anatomist: Part 1 – from the mid-16th century to the end of the 17th century The 16th century The 17th century 6 The age of the surgeon-anatomist: Part 2 – from the beginning of the 18th century to the mid-19th century The 18th century France Italy Germany Britain America The first half of the 19th century Dissection 7 The advent of anaesthesia and antisepsis Anaesthesia The development of antiseptic surgery The development of aseptic surgery 8 The birth of modern surgery – from Lister to the 20th century Gallstone surgery Gastric surgery Surgery of the large intestine Cancer of the large bowel Cancer of the colon Cancer of the rectum The acute abdomen Appendicitis Perforated peptic ulcer Intussusception The ruptured spleen Ruptured ectopic pregnancy Obstruction due to post-operative adhesions ‘Visceroptosis’ Urological surgery Prostatectomy Neurosurgery Caesarian section 9 The surgery of warfare The invention of gunpowder The Napoleonic Wars The Crimean War The American Civil War The Franco-Prussian War The Boer War The Russo-Japanese War The First World War The Spanish Civil War The Second World War (1939–1945) 10 Orthopaedic surgery Fractures and dislocations Elective orthopaedics 11 Breast tumours The development of the radical operation The treatment of the advanced disease 12 Cutting for the stone Perineal lithotomy Suprapubic lithotomy Transurethral lithotrity 13 Thyroid and parathyroid Surgery Hypothyroidism Hyperthyroidism The parathyroid glands 14 Thoracic and vascular surgery Lung surgery Tuberculosis Resection of the lung Cardiac surgery Extracardiac surgery Constrictive pericarditis Persistent ductus arteriosus Coarctation of the aorta Fallot’s tetralogy Surgery on the beating heart Open-heart surgery Artificial heart valves The surgery of coronary artery disease Arterial surgery Aortic aneurysm surgery Endovascular surgery 15 Organ transplantation Skin grafting Kidney transplantation Artificial kidneys The immunological basis of transplantation Transplantation of other organs Liver The heart Pancreas Intestine Multiple organ transplantation 16 Envoi: Today and tomorrow Index