Operations That Made History (Paperback)

Introduction; Part I. Major Breakthroughs: 1. The first ovariotomy; 2. Ligation of the abdominal aorta; 3. Ruptured ectopic pregnancy; 4. The first successful gastrectomy; 5. Splenectomy for rupture of the spleen; 6. Renal transplantation; Part II. Innovations: 7. 'I dressed the wound and God healed him'; 8. The birth of anaesthesia; 9. The compound fracture; 10. Electrosurgery; Part III. Famous Patients: 11. Queen Caroline's umbilical hernia; 12. Lord Nelson's amputation; 13. The sebaceous cyst of George IV; 14. Henry Thompson and two royal bladder stones; 15. The appendiceal abscess of Edward VIII; 16. The empyema of George V; 17. The pneumonectomy of George VI; 18. Envoi.