{"product_id":"9781250200105","title":"Under the Knife : A History of Surgery in 28 Remarkable Operations","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eUnder the Knife\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Arnold van de Laar, Laproscopic surgeon\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSurgeon Arnold van de Laar uses his own experience and expertise to tell this engrossing \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ehistory of surgery through 28 famous operations—from Louis XIV and Einstein to JFK and \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eHoudini.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the story of the desperate man from seventeenth-century Amsterdam who grimly cut a stone out of his own bladder to Bob Marley's deadly toe, \u003ci\u003eUnder the Knife\u003c\/i\u003e offers a wealth of fascinating and unforgettable insights into medicine and history via the operating room.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat happens during an operation? How does the human body respond to being attacked by a knife, a bacterium, a cancer cell or a bullet? And, as medical advances continuously push the boundaries of what medicine can cure, what are the limits of surgery?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith stories spanning the dark centuries of bloodletting and amputations without anaesthetic through today's sterile, high-tech operating rooms, \u003ci\u003eUnder the Knife\u003c\/i\u003e is both a rich cultural history, and a modern anatomy class for us all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Working fast and taking risks, early surgeons were outsiders to medicine...as van de Laar reminds us in \u003ci\u003eUnder the Knife, \u003c\/i\u003ea collection of hypervivid anecdotes and oddities, it was only recently that surgeons were considered the equals of what we would now call internists...full of startling tales of slicing and stitching.\" —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Beyond his interesting review of surgical history, van de Laar also offers insight into the thought process and philosophy of those who cut to heal.\" —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"van de Laar devotes his first book to vivid descriptions of notable surgeries, from ancient times to the present....Fast-paced and lucid.\"—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This is history with a surgeon’s touch: deft, incisive and sometimes excruciatingly bloody…a fascinating combination of art, medical science and—still—daring butchery.” —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[An] utterly eccentric and riveting collection.” —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Mail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781250200105\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"St. Martin's Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":40708917100750,"sku":"9781250200105","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781250200105","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}