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Verlag: Bantam Press, 2005
ISBN 10: 0593052099ISBN 13: 9780593052099
Anbieter: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Verlag: Bantam Press, 2005
ISBN 10: 0593052099ISBN 13: 9780593052099
Anbieter: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Hardback. Zustand: Fair. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.
Verlag: -, 2005
ISBN 10: 0593052099ISBN 13: 9780593052099
Anbieter: AwesomeBooks, Wallingford, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. The Knife Man. The Extraordinary Life and Times of John Hunter, Father of Modern Surgery This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping.
Verlag: Bantam Press, 2005
ISBN 10: 0593052099ISBN 13: 9780593052099
Anbieter: WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, LANCS, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Zustand: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day.
Verlag: Transworld Publishers Ltd, United Kingdom, London, 2005
ISBN 10: 0593052099ISBN 13: 9780593052099
Anbieter: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Paperback. Zustand: Good. When Robert Louis Stevenson wrote his gothic horror story of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, he reputedly based the house of the genial doctor turned fiend on the home of the 18th century surgeon and anatomist John Hunter. The choice was understandable, for Hunter combined an altruistic determination to advance scientific knowledge with dark dealings that brought him into daily contact with the sinister Georgian underworld. In 18th century London, Hunter was a man both acclaimed and feared. Despite humble beginnings and poor academic prowess, John Hunter was to become the best-known anatomist of his day. At a time when operations were crude, painful and often fatal, Hunter revolutionized surgical practice through his groundbreaking scientific experiments. Rejecting Classical doctrines and medieval superstitions, he grounded surgery in experimental research and factual evidence. Driven by an insatiable curiosity, Hunter dissected thousands of human bodies, using the knowledge he gained to improve medical care for countless patients. Treating not only the poor but also some of the most illustrious characters of the time, such as Joshua Reynolds and the young Lord Byron, he was appointed Surgeon Extraordinary to King George III and served in the Seven Years War where, following long, bloody battles, he patched up the unfortunate casualties' musket wounds and bayonet injuries. Considered by many to be the father of modern surgery, Hunter was also an eminent naturalist; he dissected the first creatures brought back from Captain Cook's voyages to Australia and kept exotic animals in his country menagerie in Earls Court; his eventual thesis outlining his ideas on evolution included a passage headed, 'On the origin of species'. Written some 60 years before Darwin's famous paper, this potentially groundbreaking work was suppressed on religious grounds by the Royal Society. Ultimately, he created the largest anatomical collection of its kind - which has been called 'a museum of evolution' - still to be seen in central London. Although a leading figure of the Enlightenment, and friend to many influential men of his age, including Sir Joseph Banks, Benjamin Franklin and James Watt, Hunter's tireless quest for human and animal bodies drove him to unparalleled extremes that immersed in the murky world of body-snatching. He paid large sums to his criminal contacts for the stolen corpses of men, women and children which were delivered in hampers to his back door. In The Knife Man Wendy Moore unveils John Hunter's extraordinary world - a world characterized by hangings at the Tyburn Tree, by gruesome expeditions to dank churchyards, and by countless human dissections in attic rooms. Meticulously researched, vividly drawn, this is also a fascinating portrait of a remarkable pioneer in the emergent sciences of geology, biology and evolution and his determined struggle to haul surgery out of the realm of superstition and into the dawn of modern medicine. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.
Verlag: Bantam Press, 2005
ISBN 10: 0593052099ISBN 13: 9780593052099
Anbieter: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, USA
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hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Includes dust jacket. Dust jacket edges have minor wear/ tear. Ex owners name inscribed on prelim pages.
Verlag: Bantam Press, 2005
ISBN 10: 0593052099ISBN 13: 9780593052099
Anbieter: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, Südafrika
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hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. shelf wear on the jacket. a bit foxed and marked. one book plate. soundly bound and presentable. heavy, may require extra postage. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.