The matter of the heart : a history of the heart in eleven operations / Thomas Morris.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morris, Thomas (Thomas Neil Gareth), author.

Contributor:

Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Surgery--History.

Surgery.

History.

Surgery, Experimental--History.

Surgery, Experimental.

Surgery--Technological innovations.

Heart--Surgery--History.

Heart.

Heart--Diseases.

Human anatomy.

Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc--History.

Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.

Medical innovations.

Heart--Surgery.

Thoracic Surgery--history.

Cardiac Surgical Procedures--history.

Medical Subjects:

Thoracic Surgery--history.

Cardiac Surgical Procedures--history.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

414 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London : The Bodley Head, an imprint of Vintage Publishing, 2017.

Summary:

For thousands of years the human heart remained the deepest of mysteries; both home to the soul and an organ too complex to touch, let alone operate on. Then, in the late nineteenth century, medics began going where no one had dared go before. The following decades saw the mysteries of the heart exposed, thanks to pioneering surgeons, brave patients and even sacrificial dogs. In eleven landmark operations, Thomas Morris tells us stroies of triumph, reckless bravery, swaggering arrogance, jealousy and rivalry, and incredible ingenuity: the trail-blazing 'blue baby' procedure that transformed wheezing infants into pink, healthy children; the first human heart transplant, which made headline news around the globe.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-401) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9781847923929

1847923925

9781847923912

1847923917

OCLC:

988902342

Publisher Number:

99972638941