{"product_id":"under-the-knife-9781473633681","title":"Under the Knife","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''This is history with a surgeon''s touch: deft, incisive and sometimes excruciatingly bloody'' \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Utterly eccentric and riveting'' \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''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'' \u003ci\u003eThe Daily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow did a decision made in the operating theatre spark hundreds of conspiracy theories about JFK? \u003cbr\u003eHow did a backstage joke prove fatal to world-famous escape artist Harry Houdini? \u003cbr\u003eHow did Queen Victoria change the course of surgical history?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough 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.\u003cbr\u003eFrom the dark centuries of bloodletting and of a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is history with a surgeon's touch: \u003cb\u003edeft, incisive and sometimes excruciatingly bloody\u003c\/b\u003e . . . A \u003cb\u003efascinating\u003c\/b\u003e combination of art, medical science and - still - daring butchery * The Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eUtterly eccentric and riveting\u003c\/b\u003e * Mail on Sunday *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIrresistible . . . Van de Laar renders complex surgical procedures not only understandable, but also immensely entertaining\u003c\/b\u003e . . . A lot of fun * The Times *\u003cbr\u003e[A] \u003cb\u003efascinating\u003c\/b\u003e history of surgery . . . \u003cb\u003eeye-opening and, frequently, eye-watering\u003c\/b\u003e . . . 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 -- Helen Brown * The Daily Telegraph, 5* review *\u003cbr\u003eFascinating . . . a brisk but revealing tour of the human body. Each story shines a light on the wonders and weaknesses of our biology, and on the science we have used to treat it * Irish Independent *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFascinating \u003c\/b\u003e. . . \u003cb\u003eThe author's sense of humour is as sharp as his scapel\u003c\/b\u003e * Spectator *\u003cbr\u003eIn this \u003cb\u003ewitty\u003c\/b\u003e chronicle, surgeon Arnold van de Laar dissects thousands of years' worth of remarkably gruesome stories. From anaesthetic-free amputations and bloodletting to Albert Einstein's aneurysm, \u003cb\u003ethese are key insights into the cut and thrust of medicine\u003c\/b\u003e * Nature *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Murray Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408803832151,"sku":"9781473633681","price":11.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781473633681.jpg?v=1730504265","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/under-the-knife-9781473633681","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}