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Under the Knife: A History of Surgery in 28 Remarkable Operations
Under the Knife: A History of Surgery in 28 Remarkable Operations | Arnold Van De Laar
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Surgeon Arnold Van de Laar uses his own experience and expertise to tell this engrossing history of surgery through 28 famous operations - from Louis XIV to JFK, and from Einstein to Houdini.From the story of the desperate man from seventeenth-century Amsterdam who grimly cut a stone out of his own bladder to Bob Marley's deadly toe, Under the Knife offers a wealth of fascinating and unforgettable insights into medicine and history via the operating room.What happens during an operation? How does the human body respond to being attacked by a knife, a bacterium, a cancer cell or a bullet? And, as medical advances continuously push the boundaries of what medicine can cure, what are the limits of surgery?From the dark centuries of bloodletting and of amputations without anaesthetic to today's sterile, high-tech operating rooms, Under the Knife is both a rich cultural history, and a modern anatomy class for us all.
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arubabookwoman
arubabookwoman
Under the Knife: A History of Surgery in 28 Remarkable Operations | Arnold Van De Laar
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Surgery went smoothly, relatively pain free, enjoying the view of downtown Seattle from my window, and I should be home tomorrow. With PT and all the other hospital intrusions haven‘t done much reading yet, but hope to was remedy that tonight.

wanderinglynn I hope your recovery is quick and relatively pain-free! 💚❤️ 4y
Amiable Sending healing thoughts and good wishes! 4y
Fridameetslucy Sending you healing wishes and energy. I hope the recovery is easy and quick !! 4y
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Leftcoastzen Healing thoughts and hugs ! Hope all goes well.lovely view! 4y
Megabooks I hope everything went smoothly and you‘re not in too much pain! Sending healing energy and empathy!! Those hospital PT people can drive you bananas. They mean well, though. Good luck with your reading! Sending hugs! 💕💕💕 4y
LiteraryinLawrence What a view! Glad the procedure went smoothly and wishing you a speedy recovery! 4y
Settings Feel better soon 4y
KT1432 So glad it went well!! 4y
BarbaraTheBibliophage Crossing my fingers for your continued recovery! 4y
ljuliel Get well soon ! 4y
Hooked_on_books Wow, nice view! Glad it went well. 4y
BarbaraBB Happy it went well and you‘re painfree. Please keep us posted. And enjoy the view - it looks like projection on a beamer! 4y
CarolynM Best wishes for a speedy recovery 💐 4y
BookwormM Here‘s to a speedy recovery 4y
batsy Wishing you a quick recovery 💜 4y
Tanisha_A Recover soon! ❤️ 4y
Liz_M I hope the PT goes well and the view and hospital routine don't distract you to much from reading. 4y
Megabooks Just wondering how you‘re doing tonight and if you‘re home yet. Thinking of you! 💜 4y
vivastory I'm just now seeing this. I hope everything went well for you & you're recovering nicely! 4y
Graywacke Also just seeing this. Wish well through recovery and PT. 4y
kspenmoll Hoping your recovery isn‘t too long - sorry I missed you were in the hospital. Sending ❤️ 4y
charl08 Hope that you are doing well. 4y
Jee_HookedOnBookz Wishing you speedy recovery, Deborah! 4y
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Hestapleton
Hestapleton
Under the Knife: A History of Surgery in 28 Remarkable Operations | Arnold Van De Laar
Mehso-so

Overall, I enjoyed the book. It was an interesting look at the history of surgery. Each chapter focused on a particular surgical procedure, with a famous example grounding the chapter. However, the author often forgot the narrative grounding, which made the text disjointed and jarring. Not bad, but wouldn‘t read again. Not my favorite ⭐️⭐️⭐️ #netgalley Book 31/30 for #bfcr2

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DreesReads
DreesReads
Under the Knife: A History of Surgery in 28 Remarkable Operations | Arnold Van De Laar
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Mehso-so

I read a copy of this book from NetGalley (thank you St Martin‘s Press!). I definitely learned a lot from this book—I have no medical background except what I have learned as a mom 🤣. I had issues with the ARC itself though—there was no ToC, no hyphens, and most numbers after the page shown above displayed as rectangles. These things all affected my ability to read this confidently. (Continued in comments)

DreesReads Though these operations are certainly remarkable, I felt the writing was a little too sensational for my taste. I don‘t need to be shocked by amputation stories and whatnot. I also found the last chapter—on fictional doctors of books and movies—to be silly and out of place. Overall, meh. #surgery #nonfiction #medical #netgalley 5y
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