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Blood and Guts

Blood and Guts

A History of Surgery

Summary

Today, astonishing surgical breakthroughs are making face transplants, limb transplants and a host of other previously undreamed of operations possible. But getting here has not been a simple story of selfless men working tirelessly in the pursuit of medical advancement. Instead it's a bloodstained tale of blunders, arrogance, mishap and murder. In trying to keep us alive, surgeons have all too often killed us off, and life-saving solutions have often come from the most surprising places.

Accompanying a BBC series, Blood and Guts is an incredible story of stolen corpses, medical fraud, lobotomized patients - and every now and then courageous advances that have saved the lives of millions around the world.

You may think twice before going under the knife...

Reviews

  • Blood and Guts is an excellent history of surgery... a highly readable book, full of gripping anedcotes
    Irish Mail on Sunday

About the author

Richard Hollingham

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