{"product_id":"9781473633681","title":"Under the Knife","description":"Author: Arnold van de Laar\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781473633681\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: John Murray\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 30 Oct 2018\u003cbr\u003ePages: 384 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This is history with a surgeon's touch: deft, incisive and sometimes excruciatingly bloody' \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Utterly eccentric and riveting' \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Eye-opening and, frequently, eye-watering . . . a book that invites readers to peer up the bottoms of kings, into the souls of rock stars and down the ear canals of astronauts' \u003ci\u003eThe Daily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHow did a decision made in the operating theatre spark hundreds of conspiracy theories about JFK? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHow did a backstage joke prove fatal to world-famous escape artist Harry Houdini? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHow did Queen Victoria change the course of surgical history?\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough dark centuries of bloodletting and of amputations without anaesthetic to today's sterile, high-tech operating theatres, surgeon Arnold van de Laar uses his experience and expertise to tell an incisive history of the past, present and future of surgery.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the dark centuries of bloodletting and of amputations without anaesthetic to today's sterile, high-tech operating theatres, \u003ci\u003eUNDER THE KNIFE\u003c\/i\u003e is both a rich cultural history, and a modern anatomy class for us all.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46375439302814,"sku":"ADS-9781473633681","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781473633681.jpg?v=1767670579","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781473633681","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}