The Knife Man: Blood, Body Snatching, and the Birth of Modern Surgery (2005)

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Format: Trade Paperback

ISBN: 0767916530

Condition: Very Good

The edges of the cover are scuffed, and the book has a slight amount of shelf wear.

Contents Description:

In an era when bloodletting was considered a cure for everything from colds to smallpox, surgeon John Hunter was a medical innovator, an eccentric, and the person to whom anyone who has ever had surgery probably owes his or her life. - from the back cover