A History of Surgery

Surgery In Prehistoric Times -- The Early Years Of Written History : Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt, China And India -- Surgery In Ancient Greece And Rome -- The Dark Ages And The Renaissance -- The Age Of The Surgeon-anatomist : Part 1-from The Mid 16th Century To The End Of The 17th Century -- The Age Of The Surgeon-anatomist : Part 2-from The Beginning Of The 18th Century To The Mid 19th Century -- The Advent Of Anaesthesia And Antisepsis -- The Birth Of Modern Surgery From Lister To The 20th Century -- The Surgery Of Warfare -- Orthopaedic Surgery -- Breast Tumours -- Cutting For The Stone -- Thyroid And Parathyroid -- Thoracic And Vascular Surgery -- Organ Transplantation -- A History Of Surgery. Harold Ellis, Sala Abdalla. Preceded By The Cambridge Illustrated History Of Surgery / Harold Ellis. 2nd Ed. 2009. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.