"When twelve-year-old Maddy's father becomes gravely ill she comes up with the ultimate scheme to pay for his life-saving operation--robbing a bank! But not just any bank--it's the bank where her mom has been developing a super high-tech security system. And she doesn't plan to do it alone ...".
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.
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.
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.
