The Matter of the Heart: A History of the Heart in Eleven Operations
An eye-opening and heroic story of pioneering heart surgeons, structured around eleven operations.For thousands of years the human heart remained the deepest of mysteries; both home to the soul and an organ too complex to touch, let alone operate on. Then, in the late nineteenth century, medics began going where no one had dared go before. The following decades saw the mysteries of the heart exposed, thanks to pioneering surgeons, brave patients and even sacrificial dogs. In eleven landmark operations, Thomas Morris tells us stories of triumph, reckless bravery, swaggering arrogance, jealousy and rivalry, and incredible ingenuity: the trail-b…
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- ISBN: 978-1-250-11716-8
- EAN: 9781250117168
- Produktnummer: 22903725
- Verlag: Thomas Dunne Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
- Seitenangabe: 432 S.
- Masse: H24.1 cm x B16.1 cm x D4.3 cm 631 g
- Gewicht: 631
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Thomas Morris
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