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The Knife Man
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WINNER OF THE MEDICAL JOURNALISTS’ OPEN BOOK AWARD 2005Revered and feared in equal measure, John Hunter was the most famous surgeon of eighteenth-century London. Rich or poor, aristocrat or human freak, suffering Georgians knew that Hunter’s skills might well save their lives but if he failed, their corpses could end up on his dissecting table, their bones and organs destined for display in his remarkable, macabre museum. Maverick medical pioneer, adored teacher, brilliant naturalist, Hunter was a key figure of the Enlightenment who transformed surgery, advanced biological understanding and even anticipated the evolutionary theories of Darwin. He provided inspiration both for Dr Jekyll and Dr Dolittle. But the extremes to which he went to pursue his scientific mission raised question marks then as now.John Hunter’s extraordinary world comes to life in this remarkable, award-winning biography written by a wonderful new talent.
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| Weight | 0.439 kg |
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| Dimensions | 3.8 × 12.6 × 19.7 cm |
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| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 656 |
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| Year Published | 2006-4-3 |
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| Publication City/Country | London, United Kingdom |
| ISBN 10 | 0553816187 |
| About The Author | Wendy Moore is a writer and journalist. After working as a reporter for local newspapers she has specialized in health and medical topics for more than twenty years. As a freelance journalist her work has been published in a range of newspapers and magazines, including the Guardian, the Observer and the British Medical Journal, and has won several awards. Having written extensively on medical history, she obtained the Diploma in the History of Medicine from the Society of Apothecaries (DHMSA) in 1999 and won the Maccabean prize for best dissertation that year. She lives in south London with her partner, Peter, also a journalist, and two children, Sam and Susannah. The Knife Man is her first book. |
Wendy Moore has done justice to this marvellous man in a biography packed with gruesome facts and eye-opening perceptions. It is an accomplished achievement and a splendid read |
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| Other text | Moore's feel for pace and narrative is impeccable. She excels on the nitty-gritty of his work – the carving, digging, slicing and bottling – but makes us understand why these horrors were wonders. She is, at last, the biographer Hunter deserves |
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