Table of Contents

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; 7. Innovations; 8. "I dressed the wound and God healed him"; 9. The birth of anaesthesia; 10. The compound fracture; 11. Electrosurgery; 12. Famous patients; 13. Queen Caroline's umbilical hernia; 14. Lord Nelson's amputation; 15. The sebaceous cyst of George VI; 16. Henry Thompson and two royal bladder stones; 17. The appendiceal abscess of Edward VI; 18. The emphysema of George V; 19. The pneumonectomy of George VI.

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This book aims to give the reader an appreciation of the historical perspective of surgery.