Under the Knife
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teeth
telesurgery
temperature
tennis elbow
terminology
testicles; see also castration
testosterone
tests
tetanus
Theodore II, Pope
Thesaurus Pauperum (Pope John XXI)
Thing, The (1982)
thoracic surgery
thoracotomy
thorax
thrombosis
thymus
thyroid gland
Tiberius
tinnitus
tissue: definition
titanium
tobacco
Todd, Jane
toes
-tomy: meaning
total: definition
Total Recall (1990)
tourism
tourniquet
toxins
tracheotomy
transient ischaemic attack (TIA)
transplantation surgery
transposition: definition
trauma
traumatology
Trendelenburg, Friedrich
triad
trials, double-blind
trocars
truth
tuberculosis
Tulp, Nicolaes
tummy tucks
tumourectomy
tumours: brain; definition; etymology; metastasis; ovaries; stomach; types; see also cancer
Turing, Alan
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
typhoid
ubi pus, ibi evacua
ulcers
umbilical cord
umbilical hernia
underwear
Uranus
Urban VII, Pope
urethra
urgency surgery see emergency treatment
urgency (urination)
urinary catheter see drain
urination
urine: bacteria; blood; shock
urologists
Usher, Francis
uterine fibroids
uvula
Van der Heijden, Luc
van Savoyen, Carel
varicose veins
vascular prosthesis
vascular surgery
vasoconstriction
vasodilation
veins: bloodletting; circulation; definition; intravenous drip; portal; valves; varicose; vascular surgery
Vercelli
vertebrae
vertigo
Vesalius, Andreas
vestibular system
vets
Victoria
virtual reality
viruses: cytomegalovirus (CMV); fever; infection
vision, brain damage
vitallium
vocal cords
Volkmann, Richard von
vomiting of blood
votive offerings
waiting
Waldenström’s macroglobulinaemia
walking
walking upright
Walpole, Robert
war; see also battlefield wounds
Warren, Earl
Warren, John
Warren Commission
Washington, George
Weisz, Bess
Welch, Raquel
white blood cells: definition; infection
Whitehead, Gordon
William, Prince (son of George II)
Willis, Thomas
‘window-shopping legs’
windpipe
Wolters, Marno
women in surgery
wound healing: circumcision; definition; historical treatment; infection; per primam; per secundam; scars; suturing; see also fractures; gangrene
wounds: battlefield treatment; definition; early ancestors; gangrene; Middle Ages treatment
X-ray image intensifier
X-rays
Xerxes
Yaoting, Sun
Yeltsin, Boris
Zacarelli, Adriano
Zapruder, Abraham
Zevit, Ziony
zoos
About the Author
Arnold van de Laar is a surgeon in the Slotervaart Hospital in Amsterdam, specialising in laparoscopic surgery. Born in 1969 in the Dutch town of 's-Hertogenbosch, van de Laar became fascinated by how the human body works in school biology lessons and went on to study medicine at the Belgian University of Leuven. Having travelled the world - the Himalayas, Bhutan, Tibet, Nepal, Kashmir, and extensively in Africa - van de Laar took his first job as general surgeon on the Caribbean Island of Sint Maarten. He started writing pieces on surgical history in the Dutch medical journal Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Heelkunde in 2009. He now lives in Amsterdam with his wife and two children where, a true Dutchman, he cycles to work every day. Under the Knife is his first book. You can sign up for email updates here.
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Contents
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Introduction
Healing by Hand: Chirurgeons and Surgeons
1. Lithotomy
The Stone of Jan de Doot, Smith of Amsterdam
2. Asphyxia
The Tracheotomy of the Century: President Kennedy
3. Wound Healing
The Royal Prepuce: Abraham and King Louis XVI
4. Shock
The Lady and the Anarchist: Empress Sisi
5. Obesity
Popes: From Peter to Francis
6. Stoma
The Miracle Bullet: Karol Wojtyła
7. Fracture
Dr Democedes and the Greek Method: King Darius
8. Varicose Veins
Lucy and Modern-Day Surgery: Australopithecus afarensis
9. Peritonitis
The Death of an Escape Artist: Harry Houdini
10. Narcosis
L’anaesthésie à la reine: Queen Victoria
11. Gangrene
The Battle of Little Bay: Peter Stuyvesant
12. Diagnosis
Doctors and Surgeons: Hercule Poirot and Sherlock Holmes
13. Complications
The Maestro and the Shah: Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
14. Dissemination
Two Musicians and Their Big Toes: Lully and Bob Marley
15. Abdomen
The Romans and Abdominoplasty: Lucius Apronius Caesianus
16. Aneurysm
The Relativity of Surgery: Albert Einstein
17. Laparoscopy
Endoscopy and the Minimal Invasive Revolution
18. Castration
The History of a Very Simple Operation: Adam, Eve and Farinelli
19. Lung Cancer
Thoracotomy at Home: King George VI
20. Placebo
The Fifth Man on the Moon: Alan Shepard
21. Umbilical Hernia
The Miserable Death of a Stout Lady: Queen Caroline
22. Short Stay, Fast Track
Rebels and Revolutions: Bassini and Lichtenstein
23. Mors in tabula
The Limits of Surgery: Lee Harvey Oswald
24. Prosthesis
Une belle épaule de la belle époque: The Baker Jules Pedoux
25. Stroke
The Neck of Vladimir Ilyich Uljanov: Lenin
26. Gastrectomy
Cowboys and Surgeons: Frau Thérèse Heller
27. Anal fistula
La Grande Opération: King Louis
XIV
28. Electricity
600 Volts: The Electric Eel at Artis Zoo
Epilogue
The Surgeon of the Future: A Top 10
Photos
Acknowledgements
Glossary
Bibliography
Notes
Index
About the Author
Copyright
UNDER THE KNIFE. Copyright © 2018 by Arnold van de Laar. Translation copyright © 2018 by Andy Brown. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
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Photo of Jan de Doot here:
Thanks to the Anatomical Museum of Leiden University Medical Center
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Laar, Arnold van de, author.
Title: Under the knife: a history of surgery in 28 remarkable operations / Arnold van de Laar.
Other titles: Onder het mes. English
Description: First U.S. edition. | New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2018. | Translation of: Onder het mes: de beroemdste patièenten en operaties uit de geschiedenis van de chirurgie. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018019684 | ISBN 9781250200105 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781250200099 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Laar, Arnold van de. Onder het mes. English. | Surgery—History.
Classification: LCC RD19 .L33 2018 | DDC 617—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018019684
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First published in Great Britain by John Murray (Publishers), an Hachette UK company
First U.S. Edition: October 2018