... the treatment of some wounds, dislocations and fractures; trepanation; circumcision; and excision of tumours found on the surface of the body. Limb amputation remains the only example of major surgery that has been identified to date. Other treatments included widespread use of joint manipulation, and localised...

...This chapter presents the author's account of his heart attack and surgery in 1992. The night before undergoing bypass surgery, the author wrote down his thoughts to complete his unfinished autobiography in case he did not survive the procedure. He had been warned that an angioplasty was only...

...Discussion of the importance of artistry, be it through artistic creativity, surgical prowess or filmmaking choices, with an examination of the identity crisis experienced by post-war American middle class working men. Anamorphic art Plastic surgery Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland American male...

... examining materials written in colonial Mexico during its foundational period. Arias de Benavides Pedro Bauer Ralph Canary Islands Dioscorides dragon’s blood Laguna Andrés Pliny the Elder surgery and surgeons Charles V Secretos de Chirurgia Seville anatomy Barrera Osorio Antonio botany Peru...