Empire of the Scalpel: The History of Surgery

Empire of the Scalpel: The History of Surgery

From an eminent surgeon and historian comes the “by turns fascinating and ghastly” (The New York Times Book Review , Editors’ Choice) story of surgery’s development—from the Stone Age to the present d…

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