Empire of the Scalpel: The History of Surgery by Ira Rutkow

Empire of the Scalpel: The History of Surgery

Ira Rutkow

416 pages • first pub 2022 (view editions)

nonfiction health history science emotional informative mysterious medium-paced
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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 day—blending meticulous medical research with viv...

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