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The Knife Man
  • Published: 1 February 2011
  • ISBN: 9781409044628
  • Imprint: Transworld Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 656
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The Knife Man

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1 Feb 2011
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1 June 2006
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The vivid, often gruesome portrait of the 18th century pioneering surgeon and father of modern medicine, John Hunter.

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 remarkable, macabre museum.

Maverick medical pioneer, adored teacher, brilliant naturalist, Hunter was a key figure of the Enlightenment who transformed surgery, advanced biological understanding and even anticipated the evolutionary theories of Darwin. He provided inspiration both for Dr Jekyll and Dr Dolittle. But the extremes to which he went to pursue his scientific mission raised question marks then as now.

John Hunter's extraordinary world comes to life in this remarkable, award-winning biography written by a wonderful new talent.
  • Published: 1 February 2011
  • ISBN: 9781409044628
  • Imprint: Transworld Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 656
Categories:

About the author

Wendy Moore

WENDY MOORE is a writer and journalist. She was a reporter for local newspapers, specializing in health and medical topics for more than 20 years. Her work has been published in a range of newspapers and magazines, including the Guardian, the Observer and the British Medical Journal. Having written extensively on medical history, she obtained the Diploma in the History of Medicine from the Society of Apothecaries (DHMSA) in 1999 and won the Maccabean prize for best dissertation in that year. The Knife Man, her first book, was awarded the Medical Journalists Open Book Award in 2005. Wendy lives in South London with her partner and two children.
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