Rev. ed of: A history of surgery / Harold Ellis. 2001.
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Surgery in prehistoric times - The early years of written history : Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, and India - Surgery in ancient Greece and Rome - The Dark Ages and the Renaissance - The age of the surgeon-anatomist : from the mid 16th century to the end of the 17th century - The age of the surgeon-anatomis : 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 - Envoi : today and tomorrow.