Origins of the Knife Early Encounters with the History of Surgery. Vademecum

COVER......Page 1
TITLE PAGE. Origins of the Knife: Early Encounters with the History of Surgery......Page 2
Copyright ©2006 Landes Bioscience......Page 3
TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 5
About the Author......Page 6
PREFACE......Page 7
JUSTIFICATION......Page 9
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 10
CHAPTER 1. Personal Reflections: The Life of the Knife......Page 11
CHAPTER 2. Primitive Times: The First Traces of the Knife......Page 13
CHAPTER 3. Mesopotamia—The Fertile Crescent: Attempts at Controlling the Knife: The Hammurabi Code......Page 25
CHAPTER 4. Egypt of the Pharaohs: Writings on the First Surgical Cases: The Recognition of the Knife......Page 40
CHAPTER 5. Hindu Tradition: The World of Sushrupta Samhita: Another View of the Knife......Page 51
CHAPTER 6. Ancient China: A Land of Unrealized Expectations......Page 61
CHAPTER 7. Greek Civilization: A Rational Approach to Medicine: A Defined Role of the Knife......Page 67
CHAPTER 8. Early Roman Times before Galen: Following Greek Principles: The Greco-Roman Knife......Page 86
CHAPTER 9. Galen’s Roman Times: High Expectations of the Knife......Page 109
CHAPTER 10. Close of an Era......Page 130
A-G......Page 131
H-S......Page 132
T-Z......Page 133
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