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Lindsey Fitzharris
Author
Publisher
Macmillan Audio
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
"Enthralling. Harrowing. Heartbreaking. And utterly redemptive. Lindsey Fitzharris hit this one out of the park." —Erik Larson, author of The Splendid and the Vile
Lindsey Fitzharris, the award-winning author of The Butchering Art, presents the compelling, true story of a visionary surgeon who rebuilt the faces of the First World War's injured heroes, and in the process ushered in the modern era of plastic surgery. The
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
This book delves into several illnesses that have infected humans and affected civilizations. Each chapter explores the history of a specific disease, detailing the symptoms, cures, and medical breakthroughs that it spawned.
Author
Publisher
Scientific American/Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A dramatic account of how 19th-century Quaker surgeon Joseph Lister developed an antiseptic method that indelibly changed medicine, describes the practices and risks of early operating theaters as well as the belief systems of Lister's contemporaries.