Empire of the Scalpel: The History of Surgery Topic Spanning just ten days and

Spanning just ten days and told from multiple points of view

and always perceptive and cogent

which helped awaken a white audience to the injustices under their noses

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Empire of the Scalpel: The History of Surgery Topic Spanning just ten days andFrom an eminent surgeon and historian comes the "by turns fascinating and ghastly" (The New York Times Book Review, Editors' Choice) story of surgery's development from the Stone Age to the present day blending meticulous medical research with vivid storytelling. There are not many life events that can be as simultaneously frightening and hopeful as a surgical operation. In America, tens of millions of major surgical procedures are performed annually,