Mesmerist  -  Wendy Moore

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KORTE INHOUD

Medicine, in the early 1800s, was a brutal business. Operations were performed without anaesthesia while conventional treatment relied on leeches, cupping and toxic potions. The most surgeons could offer by way of pain relief was a large swig of brandy. Onto this scene came John Elliotson, the dazzling new hope of the medical world. Charismatic and ambitious, Elliotson was determined to transform medicine from a hodge-podge of archaic remedies into a practice informed by the latest science. In this aim he w...
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Non-fictie > Geschiedenis >> Moderne Tijd (1500 - heden)

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2017 Uitgever: Orion Publishing Group Limited 308 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 1474602304 ISBN-13: 9781474602303