Blood And Guts. A History Of Surgery

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Publisher: BBC Books
Publisher Place: Uk
Publisher Year: 2008
Edition: First Edition

Description: 319 pages. Book and Jacket are both in Very good condition throughout.

Publishers Description: 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 its 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...

ISBN: 9781846075032