Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal
Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal

Author: Mary Roach

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2014-04

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 0393348741

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The irresistible, ever-curious, and always bestselling Roach returns with a new adventure to the invisible realm that people carry around inside.

Current Catalog
Current Catalog

Author: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

Publisher:

Published:

Total Pages: 1712

ISBN-13:

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First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.

Gifted Hands
Gifted Hands

Author: Seymour I. Schwartz

Publisher: Prometheus Books

Published: 2010-09-30

Total Pages: 259

ISBN-13: 1615922555

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In this sweeping history of American surgical practice, a renowned surgeon describes how surgery in this country has advanced from the comparatively crude practices of pioneering physicians in the colonial era to its current level of preeminence.

The Art and Practice of Western Medicine in the Early Nineteenth Century
The Art and Practice of Western Medicine in the Early Nineteenth Century

Author: Carl J. Pfeiffer

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2024-10-18

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 1476606021

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"The main problem of leech therapy related to excessive bleeding following the removal of leeches... Another problematical situation was the inadvertent escape of leeches into the throat or stomach." The period 1800 to 1825 saw the beginnings of scientific exploration and debate, most of the basis for later developments. This learned overview provides fascinating information about beliefs in galvanism and bioelectric machinery, blood-letting, cesareans without anesthesia, the influence of weather and the moon, drugs, vaccination, more. Heavily illustrated.