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This book aims to give the reader an appreciation of the historical perspective of surgery and the author illustrates this in a number of ways. Firstly, Professor Ellis describes some of the major surgical break-throughs, such as the first gastrectomy. He then goes on to cover some procedures which, though minor in themselves, nonetheless made a great impact on surgery. An example of this is the first operation to be performed under anaesthesia. Finally, he describes a number of operations of varying degrees of complexity that were performed on famous people (e.g. Lord Nelson). In surgery, as in all fields of human activity, history is forgotten at our peril. The examples described in this book combine to give the reader a unique insight into a remarkable specialty, using the lessons of history to instruct as well as entertain.
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1996 Greenwich Medical Media 507 The Linen Hall 162-168 Regent Street London W1R 5TB
ISBN 1 900151 154
First Published 1996
Contains articles previously published in the journal Contemporary Surgery and Famous Operations. Harwall, 1982
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Many of the chapters in this book first appeared in Contemporary Surgery and Famous Operations. I should like to thank its editor, my old friend Dr Seymour Schwartz M.D., for his encouragement and help.
I am indebted to many of my friends who share my interest in surgical history and who have given help in the preparation of this book. I must mention in particular Mr. Ian Lyle, Librarian at the Royal College of Surgeons of England, and his staff, and Miss Elizabeth Allen, Curator of the Hunterian Collection of that College.
Many people have helped with the illustrations; their sources are acknowledged wherever possible in the figure legends. Of especial help have been Dr. Peter Hansell, Mr. Andrew Baster and his staff of the Wills Library of U.M.D.S., Sir Geoffrey Slaney K.B.E., Sir Norman Browse, Dr. William Silen of Boston and above all, Mr. Kevin Fitzpatrick and Miss Sarah Smith of the Medical Illustration Unit in the Department of Anatomy at Guy's.
Finally I should like to thank Mrs. Katherine Ellis for her meticulous typing.
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