A History of Limb Amputation

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Kirkup, John (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: London : Springer London, 2007.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Anesthesiology.; Orthopedics.; Surgery.; Medicine > History.; Medicine & Public Health.; Surgical Orthopedics.; History of Medicine.

A History of Limb Amputation traces humanity’s long experience of natural amputations due to congenital absence, disease, frostbite, toxins, domestic and wild animal trauma, and for non-medical reasons related to punitive, ritual, and legal actions, ultimately leading to the development of elective...