9780593052099 - The Knife Man de Moore, Wendy (19 resultados)

Hardback. Condición: Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.

Condición: Very Good. Edition Unstated. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Condición: very_good. Book is in very good condition and may include minimal underlining highlighting. The book can also include "From the library of" labels. May not contain miscellaneous items toys, dvds, etc. . We offer 100% money back guarantee and 24 7 customer service.

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. When Robert Louis Stevenson wrote his gothic horror story of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, he reputedly based the house of the genial doctor turned fiend on the home of the 18th century surgeon and anatomist John Hunter. The choice was understandable, for Hunter combined an altruistic determination to advance scientific knowledge with dark dealings that brought him into daily contact with the sinister Georgian underworld. In 18th century London, Hunter was a man both acclaimed and feared. Despite humble beginnings and poor academic prowess, John Hunter was to become the best-known anatomist of his day. At a time when operations were crude, painful and often fatal, Hunter revolutionized surgical practice through his groundbreaking scientific experiments. Rejecting Classical doctrines and medieval superstitions, he grounded surgery in experimental research and factual evidence. Driven by an insatiable curiosity, Hunter dissected thousands of human bodies, using the knowledge he gained to improve medical care for countless patients. Treating not only the poor but also some of the most illustrious characters of the time, such as Joshua Reynolds and the young Lord Byron, he was appointed Surgeon Extraordinary to King George III and served in the Seven Years War where, following long, bloody battles, he patched up the unfortunate casualties' musket wounds and bayonet injuries. Considered by many to be the father of modern surgery, Hunter was also an eminent naturalist; he dissected the first creatures brought back from Captain Cook's voyages to Australia and kept exotic animals in his country menagerie in Earls Court; his eventual thesis outlining his ideas on evolution included a passage headed, 'On the origin of species'. Written some 60 years before Darwin's famous paper, this potentially groundbreaking work was suppressed on religious grounds by the Royal Society. Ultimately, he created the largest anatomical collection of its kind - which has been called 'a museum of evolution' - still to be seen in central London. Although a leading figure of the Enlightenment, and friend to many influential men of his age, including Sir Joseph Banks, Benjamin Franklin and James Watt, Hunter's tireless quest for human and animal bodies drove him to unparalleled extremes that immersed in the murky world of body-snatching. He paid large sums to his criminal contacts for the stolen corpses of men, women and children which were delivered in hampers to his back door. In The Knife Man Wendy Moore unveils John Hunter's extraordinary world - a world characterized by hangings at the Tyburn Tree, by gruesome expeditions to dank churchyards, and by countless human dissections in attic rooms. Meticulously researched, vividly drawn, this is also a fascinating portrait of a remarkable pioneer in the emergent sciences of geology, biology and evolution and his determined struggle to haul surgery out of the realm of superstition and into the dawn of modern medicine. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Condición: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condición: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.

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hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Photograph available on request.

2nd impression. 8vo. xiii + 482pp. Colour and b/w. illustrations. Original boards. Pictorial cream d/w. lettered in black, slightly rubbed to edges. ISBN 0593052099 US$12.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Biography of the Scottish medical pioneer. Includes several b/w photographs and illustrations. xiv+482pp.

hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. shelf wear on the jacket. a bit foxed and marked. one book plate. soundly bound and presentable. heavy, may require extra postage. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 0593052099 Hardback with dustjacket. Slight shelfwear to DJ otherwise no damage, internally clean. Very good condition.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. dj has a little rubbing on corner tips and light creasing on spine ends. Medical.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good +. First Ed -First Printing. The book is Fine, First Edition- First Printing, Signed by the Author on the Title Page.The dust jacket is Very Good+ with mild edge wear. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condición: As New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: As New. 1st Edition. Type: Book pp XIII, 482. 1st printing. A unread book.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First printing. Well bound in clean black cloth boards with gilt titling to spine Text pages, colour plates and illustrated eps are all fine with no markings or inscriptions. Unclipped d/j has just some very light bumping at spine head area. Despatched same or next working day in protective packaging.

hardcover. Condición: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Hardcover. Condición: New. 8vo (24 cm), XIII, 482 pp, plates. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. "Wendy Moore unveils John Hunter's extraordinary world -- a world characterized by hangings at the Tyburn Tree, by gruesome expeditions to dank churchyards, and by countless human dissections in attic rooms. Meticulously researched, vividly drawn, this is also a fascinating portrait of a remarkable pioneer in the emergent sciences of geology, biology and evolution and his determined struggle to haul surgery out of the realm of superstition and into the dawn of modern medicine." (from the publisher's synopsis).