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Today, astonishing surgical breakthroughs are making face transplants, limb transplants and a host of other previously undreamed of operations possible. But getting here has not been a simple story of selfless men working tirelessly in the pursuit of medical advancement. Instead it's a bloodstained tale of blunders, arrogance, mishap and murder. In trying to keep us alive, surgeons have all too often killed us off, and life-saving solutions have often come from the most surprising places. Accompanying a BBC series, Blood and Guts is an incredible story of stolen corpses, medical fraud, lobotomized patients - and every now and then courageous advances that have saved the lives of millions around the world. You may think twice before going under the knife...
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"Blood and Guts is an excellent history of surgery... a highly readable book, full of gripping anedcotes" (Irish Mail on Sunday)
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A colourful narrative history on the macabre world of surgery
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- PublisherBBC Books
- Publication date2016
- ISBN 10 1785940244
- ISBN 13 9781785940248
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