Crucial Interventions: An Illustrated Treatise on the Principles & Practice of Nineteenth-Century Surgery

BEAUTIFUL book and absolutely loved reading it. the oil paintings are GORGEOUS

I am thrilled to own this book. I am writing a Regency-era novel in which the protagonist is a surgeon. I have read numerous books on surgery published in the early 1800's, few of which provide illustrations of surgical procedures. Richard Barnett's book is a goldmine. It allows me to confirm many aspects related to 19th-century surgery: hand positions, the types of instruments used for various procedures, the positioning of limbs or the tongue or the eye, the location of tendons and the great vessels. Every single page, excepting the back matter and pages 18 and 19 of the Introduction, contains at least one illustration; most contain two or three, and a few, fifteen or more. Barnett's text addresses many of the topics I am most interested in: antiseptics, pain management in the era before truly safe anesthesia, and the history of surgical practice. There is something new to see on every page. When I first flipped to the section on the abdomen, I found a large, magnificent illustration of the mesentery and the transverse colon, both mentioned in my novel. I was delighted! This is a remarkable book and will interest anyone interested in 19th-century surgery.

Bought as a gift, nice illustrations.

my boyfriend is a medicine student and he loved this book!!: it has pretty good and detailed images, even better than the ones in some of his official textbooks , maybe the content of the book cannot be used as a reference for his classes, but definitely is quite a nice book with amazing well-detailed pictures

Very informative

Provocatively intriguing piece of literature. In my "heading" I mentioned for the "Healthcare Professional," however I do believe it appeals to a wider audience. The text, in conjunction with the beautiful and brilliant illustrations/pictures, really capture the Historical aspect of what could be labeled as our torrid medical past practices that helped direct and shape today's medicine.

This book was delivered in perfect condition and the illustrations are beautiful. The vocabulary is a little too intellectual for myself, but probably great for those who have an expansive vocabulary

We've come a long way, baby. Never has this been made more apparent than in this completely horrifying book about surgical practices of yore. Oh, yes! Full color illustrations of everything you can imagine going wrong with the human body. And the surgical instruments! Its astounding anyone actually survived. The illustrations are incredible and the text is informative.

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Great book and a great trilogy on diseases medical interventions and dentistry. Filled with great drawings and information that is sure to make anyone in to last podcast on the left or history would enjoy.

A great conversation starter, the illustrations alone are worth it.

The book from the outset is amazing- it has a professional appearance and comes with a lot to digest about historical surgeries. As aware as I am that our medical understanding has improved, I actually bought this book for artistic inspiration and reference. It is great for that purpose. Lots of gross stuff, no part of the body is skipped it seems and I was surprised by how daring some of the practises were. Not recommended for the squeamish but highly recommended for those interested in anatomy or history.

Solid hardcover design with rich visual contents, reasonable price for this! Delivery just took one day to arrive.