Overview
Examines the fundamental developments in the technical, social and cultural history of surgery and reflects the state of historical research on the topic
Focuses on surgery as a manual, instrumental, science-based activity that intentionally violates the body’s integrity
Provides a comprehensive starting point for anyone wanting to obtain up-to-date information about the various topics within the history of surgery
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Table of contents (25 chapters)
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Areas and Technologies
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This handbook covers the technical, social and cultural history of surgery. It reflects the state of the art and suggests directions for future research. It discusses what is different and specific about the history of surgery - a manual activity with a direct impact on the patient’s body. The individual entries in the handbook function as starting points for anyone who wants to obtain up-to-date information about an area in the history of surgery for purposes of research or for general orientation. Written by 26 experts from 6 countries, the chapters discuss the essential topics of the field (such as anaesthesia, wound infection, instruments, specialization), specific domains areas (for example, cancer surgery, transplants, animals, war), but also innovative themes (women, popular culture, nursing, clinical trials) and make connections to other areas of historical research (such as the history of emotions, art, architecture, colonial history).
Chapters 16 and 18 of this book are available open access under a CC BY 4.0 license at link.springer.com
Reviews
“The essays range from antiquity to today’s bariatric, cosmetic and minimal access surgery, and are widely researched, clearly written and authoritative, backed up by extensive bibliographies. This is an important contribution to the subject of surgical history. It is not light reading, but it will be a valuable source book to anyone wishing to research in depth into any of its specialist topics.” (Harold Ellis, British Journal of Hospital Medicine, Vol. 79 (3), March, 2018) “This handbook represents a coming of age for the history of surgery. Scholarship in the field has grown rapidly in recent years. Now we have a well-organized volume to map out its areas of research with special attention to the established historiography. Individual chapters are of a consistently high quality, and the work as a whole has a thoughtful coherence, with multiple chapters developing shared themes and useful crosstalk among contributors.” (Christopher Crenner, Robert Hudson and Ralph Major Professor, University of Kansas, USA)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Thomas Schlich, MD, is James McGill Professor in the History of Medicine at the Department Social Studies of Medicine at McGill University, Canada, and has a double qualification as physician and historian. His research interests include the history of modern medicine and science from the eighteenth to the twenty-first century. He has previously written books on transplantation, and on operative fracture care as a domain where surgery, science, and industry come together. He is currently working on a monograph about the emergence of modern surgery, 1800-1914.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Palgrave Handbook of the History of Surgery
Editors: Thomas Schlich
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95260-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-349-95259-5Published: 25 January 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-95777-4Published: 07 June 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-95260-1Published: 12 December 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 578
Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations, 17 illustrations in colour
Topics: Social History, History of Medicine, Surgery, Cultural History