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

Luis H. Toledo-Pereyra9781570596940, 1570596948

Table of contents :
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
BACK COVER……Page 134