Origins of the Knife: Early Encounters with the History of Surgery
Department
History
Document Type
Book
Files
Description
1. Personal Reflections. The Life of the Knife. 2. Primitive Times. The First Traces of the Knife. 3. Mesopotamia-The Fertile Crescent. Attempts at Controlling the Knife: The Hammurabi Code. 4. Egypt of the Pharaohs. Writings on the First Surgical Cases: The Recognition of the Knife. 5. Hindu Tradition. The World of Sushrupta Samhita: Another View of the Knife. 6. Ancient China. A Land of Unrealized Expectations. 7. Greek Civilization. A Rational Approach to Medicine: A Defined Role of the Knife. 8. Early Roman Times before Galen. Following Greek Principles: The Greco-Roman Knife. 9. Galen's R.
Call number in WMU's library
RD19 .T65 2006 (Waldo Library, WMU Authors Collection, First Floor)
ISBN
978-1570596940
Publication Date
2006
Publisher
Landes Bioscience
City
Georgetown, Tex.
Disciplines
History of Science, Technology, and Medicine | Surgery
Citation for published book
Toledo-Pereyra, Luis H. Origins of the Knife: Early Encounters with the History of Surgery. Georgetown, Tex: Landes Bioscience, 2006.
Recommended Citation
Toledo-Pereya, Luis, "Origins of the Knife: Early Encounters with the History of Surgery" (2006). All Books and Monographs by WMU Authors. 293.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/books/293