Knife Man
WINNER OF THE MEDICAL JOURNALISTS'' OPEN BOOK AWARD 2005
Revered 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...
WINNER OF THE MEDICAL JOURNALISTS'' OPEN BOOK AWARD 2005
Revered 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...
