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Blood and Guts : A History of Surgery, Paperback / softback Book

Blood and Guts : A History of Surgery Paperback / softback

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Today, astonishing surgical breakthroughs are making face transplants, limb transplants and a host of other previously undreamed of operations possible.

But getting here has not been a simple story of selfless men working tirelessly in the pursuit of medical advancement.

Instead it's a bloodstained tale of blunders, arrogance, mishap and murder. In trying to keep us alive, surgeons have all too often killed us off, and life-saving solutions have often come from the most surprising places.

Accompanying a BBC series, Blood and Guts is an incredible story of stolen corpses, medical fraud, lobotomized patients - and every now and then courageous advances that have saved the lives of millions around the world. You may think twice before going under the knife...

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