surgery

Describes current and possible future advances in surgical techniques and the development of medical devices and artificial body parts.

Describes the art and science of medicine and surgery in the twenty-first century including life-support systems, keyhole surgery and microsurgery, robot surgeons, and technologies in artificial limbs.

Account of 24 hours in the operating suite of North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, New York.

Text and accompanying photographs trace the development of surgery from the ancient Egyptians and Greeks to present practices, discussing important people, new techniques, and improved equipment.

Explores the realm of medicine using anecdotes and stories about patients with life-threatening illness, mistakes in surgery, doctors with limited skills, saving lives, and more.

Explains what it is like to get stitches, discussing scars, feeling scared, and taking care of one's stitches.

A young boy who is afraid of the operation that can help him get well learns to overcome his fear with the help of a caring nurse.

When more than a dozen minor-surgery patients die inexplicably on the operating table, a medical student determines to find the reason.

Reviews the evolution of medical surgery over the course of two hundred years and makes predictions for new procedures that may lead to greater safety and efficacy.

Exploring medicine traces the often gory history of medicine from its beginnings in the Stone Age to the latest "medical miracles.".