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Moore, Wendy, 1952-
Title
The knife man : blood, body snatching, and the birth of modern surgery / Wendy Moore.
Imprint
New York : Broadway Books, 2005.
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Marlborough, Richmond Memorial Library - Adult Department
B HUNTER
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South Windsor Public Library - Biographies
B HUNTER
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Edition
1st pbk. ed.
Description
341 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Note
"A hardcover edition of this book was originally published in 2005 by Broadway Books."
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 286-331) and index.
Contents
Coach driver's knee -- Dead man's arm -- Stout man's muscles -- Pregnant woman's womb -- Professor's testicle -- Lizard's tails -- Chimney sweep's teeth -- Debutante's Spots -- Surgeon's penis -- Kangaroo's skull -- Electric eel's peculiar organs -- Chaplain's neck -- Giant's bones -- Poet's foot -- Monkey's skull -- Anatomist's heart -- Acknowledgments -- Chronology -- Key sources -- Notes -- Index.
Subject
Hunter, John, 1728-1793.
Hunter, John, 1728-1793. (OCoLC)fst00067582
Hunter, John, 1728-1793.
Surgeons -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Surgeons. (OCoLC)fst01139336
Great Britain. (OCoLC)fst01204623
History, 18th Century. (DNLM)D049671
Hunter, John, 1728-1793.
Physicians -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Surgeons -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Surgery -- history.
General Surgery -- history. (DNLM)D013502Q000266
Physicians. (DNLM)D010820
History, 18th Century. (DNLM)D049671
United Kingdom. (DNLM)D006113
Genre/Form
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Biography. (DNLM)D019215
ISBN
0767916530
9780767916530
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