395:. Covers the technical, social and cultural history of surgery. The individual entries in the handbook offer starting points for up-to-date information about an area in the history of surgery for research and general orientation. Written by 26 experts from 6 countries, the chapters discuss the essential topics of the field (such as anaesthesia, wound infection, instruments, specialization), specific domains areas (for example, cancer surgery, transplants, animals, war), but also innovative themes (women, popular culture, nursing, clinical trials) and make connections to other areas of historical research (such as the history of emotions, art, architecture, colonial history).
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Most of his recent publications contribute to his research project “Cutting into the Living Body: The
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Minimally Invasive Surgery as an example, "Medical Innovation and the Patient Consumer: Explaining the Rise of Minimally Invasive Surgery".
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Medizin. Geschichte – Theorie – Ethik” , Notes and Records: The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science.
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