基本説明
Contents: The First Ovarjotomy/Ligation of the Abdominal Aorta/Ruptured Ectopic Pregnancy/Electrosurgery/Queen Caroline's Umbilical Hernia/Envoi, and more.
Full Description
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.
Contents
Major breakthroughs; 1. The first ovariotomy; 2. Ligation of the abdominal aorta; 3. Ruptured ectopic pregnancy; 4. The first successful gastrectomy; 5. Splenectomy for rupture of the spleen; 6. Renal transplantation; 7. Innovations; 8. "I dressed the wound and God healed him"; 9. The birth of anaesthesia; 10. The compound fracture; 11. Electrosurgery; 12. Famous patients; 13. Queen Caroline's umbilical hernia; 14. Lord Nelson's amputation; 15. The sebaceous cyst of George VI; 16. Henry Thompson and two royal bladder stones; 17. The appendiceal abscess of Edward VI; 18. The emphysema of George V; 19. The pneumonectomy of George VI.
