Schneider D. The Invention of Surgery: A History of Modern Medicine: From the Renaissance to the Implant Revolution

New York: Pegasus Books, 2020. — 384 p. – ISBN: 978-1-64313-316-4.A fascinating history of the practice of surgery from one of the leading figures in the field, chronicling centuries of scientific breakthroughs by the discipline's most dynamic, pioneering doctors.
Written by an author with plenty of experience holding a scalpel, Dr. David Schneider’s The Invention of Surgery is an in-depth biography of the practice that has leapt forward over the centuries from the dangerous guesswork of ancient Greek physicians through the world-changing “implant revolution” of the twentieth century.
The Invention of Surgery explains this dramatic progress and highlights the personalities of the discipline's most dynamic historical figures. It links together the lives of the pioneering scientists who first understood what causes disease, how organs become infected or cancerous, and how surgery could powerfully intercede in people’s lives, and then shows how the rise of surgery intersected with many of the greatest medical breakthroughs of the last century, including the evolution of medical education, the transformation of the hospital from a place of dying to a habitation of healing, the development of antibiotics, and the rise of transistors and polymer science.Dilemma
Paper, Prophet, and Printing Press
Vesalius and De Humani Corporis Fabrica
The Rise of Science
Harvey and Hunter
Pathology
Germs
Antibiotics
Anesthesia
Elective Surgery
Vitallium
Oversight and Entitlement
Device Clearance
Medical Industrial Complex and Medical Devices
Surgery of the Heart
Specialization in Surgery
Implant Revolution
The Birth of Sports Medicine
Calculating the Impact
Brain Implants
Cyborg Future and Homo Electrus