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320 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781474602297
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Publication date: Not specified
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Medicine, in the early 1800s, was a brutal business. Operations were performed without anaesthesia while conventional treatment relied on leeches, cupping and toxic potions. It was said of one surgeon 'His surgical acquirements were very small, hi...
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320 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781474602297
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Publication date: Not specified
Description
Medicine, in the early 1800s, was a brutal business. Operations were performed without anaesthesia while conventional treatment relied on leeches, cupping and toxic potions. It was said of one surgeon 'His surgical acquirements were very small, hi...
Community Reviews
Content Warnings