Research Catalog

Title

Crucial interventions : an illustrated treatise on the principles & practice of nineteenth-century surgery / by Richard Barnett ; with a foreword by Professor Roger L. Kneebone PhD, FRCS, FRCSED, FRCGP.

Author

Barnett, Richard, 1980-

Publication

London : Thames & Hudson Ltd., [2015]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

• Kneebone, Roger,
• Wellcome Collection, publisher.
• Wellcome Library, publisher.

Description

255 pages ; illustrations (some color); 25 cm

Summary

The nineteenth century saw a complete transformation of the practice and reputation of surgery. 'Crucial interventions' follows its increasingly optimistic evolution, drawing from the very best examples of rare surgical textbooks with a focus on the extraordinary visual materials of the mid-nineteenth century. Unnerving and graphic, yet beautifully rendered, these fascinating illustrations include step-by-step surgical techniques paired with medical instruments and painted depictions of operations in progress. Arranged for the layman from head to toe, and accompanied by an authoritative, eloquent and inspiring narrative from medical historian Richard Barnett, author of 2014 bestseller 'The sick rose, 'Crucial interventions' is a unique and captivating book on one of the world's most mysterious and macabre professions, and promises to be another success.

Subject

• 1800 - 1899
• General Surgery > history
• Medicine in the Arts
• Surgery
• Surgery > History > 19th century
• Surgery in art
• Surgical Procedures, Operative

Genre/Form

• History.
• Pictorial Work

Note

• 'This book is published in partnership with Wellcome Collection and Wellcome Library, part of Wellcome Trust, 215 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE'--publishing information

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

ISBN

• 9780500518106
• 0500518106

LCCN

^^2015932470

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library