Operations that Made History - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Operations that Made History write by Harold Ellis. This book was released on 1996-01-07. Operations that Made History available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book aims to give the reader an appreciation of the historical perspective of surgery and the author illustrates this in a number of ways. Firstly, Professor Ellis describes some of the major surgical 'break-throughs', such as the first gastrectomy. He then goes on to cover some procedures which, though minor in themselves, nonetheless made a great impact on surgery. An example of this is the first operation to be performed under anaesthesia. Finally, he describes a number of operations of varying degrees of complexity that were performed on famous people (e.g. Lord Nelson). In surgery, as in all fields of human activity, history is forgotten at our peril. The examples described in this book combine to give the reader a unique insight into a remarkable specialty, using the lessons of history to instruct as well as entertain.
Operations that made History 2e
Operations that made History 2e - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Operations that made History 2e write by Harold Ellis. This book was released on 2018-10-25. Operations that made History 2e available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A notable surgeon and charismatic teacher himself, Professor Ellis has brought together in Operations that made History a fascinating collection of renowned surgical procedures each one illustrating a different aspect of the history of surgery.
Sacred Secrets
Sacred Secrets - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Sacred Secrets write by Jerrold L. Schecter. This book was released on 2002. Sacred Secrets available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Analyzes how government secrets, such as President Truman??'s decision to make a sacred secret of the Venona intercepts, distort politics and our understanding of history
Under the Knife
Under the Knife - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Under the Knife write by Arnold van de Laar. This book was released on 2018-01-11. Under the Knife available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. '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.
Operation Paperclip
Operation Paperclip - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Operation Paperclip write by Annie Jacobsen. This book was released on 2014-02-11. Operation Paperclip available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The explosive story of America's secret post-WWII science programs, from the author of the New York Times bestseller Area 51 In the chaos following World War II, the U.S. government faced many difficult decisions, including what to do with the Third Reich's scientific minds. These were the brains behind the Nazis' once-indomitable war machine. So began Operation Paperclip, a decades-long, covert project to bring Hitler's scientists and their families to the United States. Many of these men were accused of war crimes, and others had stood trial at Nuremberg; one was convicted of mass murder and slavery. They were also directly responsible for major advances in rocketry, medical treatments, and the U.S. space program. Was Operation Paperclip a moral outrage, or did it help America win the Cold War? Drawing on exclusive interviews with dozens of Paperclip family members, colleagues, and interrogators, and with access to German archival documents (including previously unseen papers made available by direct descendants of the Third Reich's ranking members), files obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, and dossiers discovered in government archives and at Harvard University, Annie Jacobsen follows more than a dozen German scientists through their postwar lives and into a startling, complex, nefarious, and jealously guarded government secret of the twentieth century. In this definitive, controversial look at one of America's most strategic, and disturbing, government programs, Jacobsen shows just how dark government can get in the name of national security.
