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![Empire of the Scalpel: The History of Surgery by Ira Rutkow](https://558130.bdp32.group/rails/active_storage/representations/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBCSGZkTlFFPSIsImV4cCI6bnVsbCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--2f1957973222bfabce334c7ccd97046e3b3b7762/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaDdCem9MWm05eWJXRjBTU0lJYW5CbkJqb0dSVlE2RkhKbGMybDZaVjkwYjE5c2FXMXBkRnNIYVFJc0FXa0M5QUU9IiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJ2YXJpYXRpb24ifX0=--038335c90cf75c275ae4d36968ac417dc4a0a3e3/Empire%20of%20the%20Scalpel-%20The%20History%20of%20Surgery.jpg)
432 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781501163746
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Scribner
Publication date: 08 March 2022
Description
From a renowned surgeon and historian with five decades of experience comes a remarkable history of surgery’s development—spanning the Stone Age to the present day—blending meticulous medical studies with lively and skillful storytelling.There are...
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![Empire of the Scalpel: The History of Surgery by Ira Rutkow](https://558130.bdp32.group/rails/active_storage/representations/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBCSGZkTlFFPSIsImV4cCI6bnVsbCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--2f1957973222bfabce334c7ccd97046e3b3b7762/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaDdCem9MWm05eWJXRjBTU0lJYW5CbkJqb0dSVlE2RkhKbGMybDZaVjkwYjE5c2FXMXBkRnNIYVFJc0FXa0M5QUU9IiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJ2YXJpYXRpb24ifX0=--038335c90cf75c275ae4d36968ac417dc4a0a3e3/Empire%20of%20the%20Scalpel-%20The%20History%20of%20Surgery.jpg)
432 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781501163746
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Scribner
Publication date: 08 March 2022
Description
From a renowned surgeon and historian with five decades of experience comes a remarkable history of surgery’s development—spanning the Stone Age to the present day—blending meticulous medical studies with lively and skillful storytelling.There are...