Arnold van de Laar

'This is history with a surgeon's touch: deft, incisive and sometimes excruciatingly bloody' The Sunday Times 'Utterly eccentric and riveting' Mail on Sunday 'Eye-opening and, frequently, eye-watering . . . a book that invites readers to peer up the bottoms of kings, into the souls of rock stars and down the ear canals of astronauts' The Daily Telegraph How did a decision made in the operating theatre spark hundreds of conspiracy theories about JFK? How did a backstage joke prove fatal to world-famous escape artist Harry Houdini? How did Queen Victoria change the course of surgical history? Through dark centuries of bloodletting and of amputations without anaesthetic to today's sterile, high-tech operating theatres, surgeon Arnold van de Laar uses his experience and expertise to tell an incisive history of the past, present and future of surgery. From the dark centuries of bloodletting and of amputations without anaesthetic to today's sterile, high-tech operating theatres, Under the Knife is both a rich cultural history, and a modern anatomy class for us all.

A History of Surgery in 28 Remarkable Operations

Under the Knife

Von den dunklen Anfangszeiten der Chirurgie, als noch ohne Betäubung amputiert wurde, über königliche Operationen bis zu den heutigen High-Tech-OPs – der Chirurg Arnold van de Laar beschreibt in seinem Buch so packend wie allgemeinverständlich die Geschichte der Chirurgie. Ohne Fachbegriffe zu scheuen, aber doch leicht lesbar und gespickt mit zahlreichen interessanten Details gibt van de Laar einen spannenden Einblick in sein Fach. In 28 Kapiteln erzählt er anhand berühmter Operationen, was genau im Operationsaal geschieht. Eingehend widmet er sich Erkrankungen und Verletzungen bekannter Persönlichkeiten wie Bob Marley, Kaiserin Sissi, Lenin, Königin Victoria, Einstein und Präsident Kennedy. „Schnitt“ ist eine faszinierender Reise durch die Königsdisziplin der Medizin, fesselnd erzählt von einer Koryphäe auf dem Gebiet der Chirurgie.

Die ganze Geschichte der Chirurgie erzählt in 28 Operationen

Schnitt!

La 4ème de couverture indique : "Through dark centuries of bloodletting and amputations without anaesthetic to today's sterile, high-tech operating theatres - via obeses popoes, electric eels, assassinations attempts, Einstein's impossible aneurysm and Bob Marley's deadly toe - Under the Knife takes us on an unforgettable journey through our bodies when things go wrong."

Anestezisiz, kanli ameliyatlardan gunumuzun steril ve yuksek teknolojili ameliyatlarina nasil gecildi? cigir acan cerrahi kesifler hangi sartlarda yapildi? Cerrahlar aslinda nasil insanlar? Kendisi de bir cerrah olan Arnold van de Laar, unlu hastalarla cerrahlarin tibbi hikâyelerini anlattigi kitabinda bu sorulari cevapliyor. Kralice Victoria, XIV. Louis, Lenin, Einstein, Kennedy, Papa II. John Paul, Bob Marley ve Houdini gibi tarihsel figurlere yapilan cerrahi mudahaleleri kendine ozgu mizahiyla harmanlayarak anlatirken, cerrahinin gelisimini ve gerceklerini tum acikligiyla onumuze koyuyor. Bicak Altinda, yuzlerce yillik gecmisi olan bir meslegin tuhaf bir zevkle okunan tarihi.

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