The triumph of surgery.
By: Translated by Richard and Clara Winston.
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Published: 1960
Place of publication: [New York]
Language: eng; ger
Number of pages: 454
Subjects: Surgery -- History.
Description: "Triumph of Surgery" begins with the use of local anesthesia, which made it possible to treat cases that had previously been inoperable - tumors of the brain and spinal cord, goiters, pulmonary tuberculosis, hernia, diseases of the eye and nerves. Through the pages of the story move the vivid figures of the Mayo brothers, of Charcot and Freud; Marion Sims, the American doctor of the Empress Eugenie, and others.
Notes: Includes bibliography.
Translation Das Weltreich der Chirurgen.
Sequel to The century of the surgeon.