UNDER THE KNIFE. Copyright © 2018 by Arnold van de Laar. Translation copyright © 2018 by Andy Brown. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
Photo of Jan de Doot here:
Thanks to the Anatomical Museum of Leiden University Medical Center
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Laar, Arnold van de, author.
Title: Under the knife: a history of surgery in 28 remarkable operations / Arnold van de Laar.
Other titles: Onder het mes. English
Description: First U.S. edition. | New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2018. | Translation of: Onder het mes: de beroemdste patièenten en operaties uit de geschiedenis van de chirurgie. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018019684 | ISBN 9781250200105 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781250200099 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Laar, Arnold van de. Onder het mes. English. | Surgery—History.
Classification: LCC RD19 .L33 2018 | DDC 617—dc23
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First published in Great Britain by John Murray (Publishers), an Hachette UK company
First U.S. Edition: October 2018