ISBN：9780500518106

英文书名:Crucial Interventions: An Illustrated Treatise

作者:Richard Barnett

出版社:Thames & Hudson

出版日期: 2015/10/26

尺寸:17.8 x 3 x 24.9 cm

装帧: 精装

页码：256

图幅数：彩色、黑白

作者简介：理查德·巴内特 (Richard Barnett) 在成为历史学家之前学习过医学。他的作品出现在《柳叶刀》、《伦敦杂志》和《自然死亡手册》中。理查德还出现在 BBC4 的“解剖之美”中。他目前是剑桥大学彭布罗克金项目历史研究主任和伦敦大学学院名誉研究员。

内容简介： 19 世纪见证了外科手术的实践和声誉的彻底转变。这本引人入胜的书借鉴了罕见的外科教科书的最佳范例，重点关注 Wellcome Collection 所拥有的非凡视觉材料。除了这些生动的插图，还附有医学历史学家理查德·巴内特（Richard Barnett）的权威、雄辩和鼓舞人心的叙述，这是一本引人入胜且具有启发性的书。

A beautifully illustrated look at the evolution of surgery, as revealed through rare technical illustrations, sketches, and oil paintings

The nineteenth century saw major advances in the practice of surgery. In 1750, the anatomist John Hunter described it as “a humiliating spectacle of the futility of science”; yet, over the next 150 years the feared, practical men of medicine benefited from a revolution in scientific progress and the increased availability of instructional textbooks. Anesthesia and antisepsis were introduced. Newly established medical schools improved surgeons’ understanding of the human body. For the first time, surgical techniques were refined, illustrated in color, and disseminated on the printed page.

Crucial Interventions follows this evolution, drawing from magnificent examples of rare surgical textbooks from the mid-nineteenth century. Graphic and sometimes unnerving yet beautifully rendered, these fascinating illustrations, acquired from the Wellcome Collection’s extensive archives, include step-by-step surgical techniques paired with depictions of medical instruments and depictions of operations in progress.

Arranged for the layman (from head to toe) Crucial Interventions is a captivating look at the early history of one of the world’s most mysterious and macabre professions. Illustrated in color and black-and-white throughout