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Introduction: Healing by Hand: Chirurgeons and Surgeons
1. Lithotomy: The Stone of Jan de Doot, Smith of Amsterdam
2. Asphyxia: The Tracheotomy of the Century: President Kennedy
3. Wound Healing: The Royal Prepuce: Abraham and King Louis XVI
4. Shock: The Lady and the Anarchist: Empress Sisi
5. Obesity: Popes: From Peter to Francis
6. Stoma: The Miracle Bullet: Karol Wojtyła
7. Fracture: Dr Democedes and the Greek Method: King Darius
8. Varicose Veins: Lucy and Modern-Day Surgery: Australopithecus afarensis
9. Peritonitis: The Death of an Escape Artist: Harry Houdini
10. Narcosis: L’anaesthésie à la reine: Queen Victoria
11. Gangrene: The Battle of Little Bay: Peter Stuyvesant
12. Diagnosis: Doctors and Surgeons: Hercule Poirot and Sherlock Holmes
13. Complications: The Maestro and the Shah: Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
14. Dissemination: Two Musicians and Their Big Toes: Lully and Bob Marley
15. Abdomen: The Romans and Abdominoplasty: Lucius Apronius Caesianus
16. Aneurysm: The Relativity of Surgery: Albert Einstein
17. Laparoscopy: Endoscopy and the Minimal Invasive Revolution
18. Castration: The History of a Very Simple Operation: Adam, Eve and Farinelli
19. Lung Cancer: Thoracotomy at Home: King George VI
20. Placebo: The Fifth Man on the Moon: Alan Shepard
21. Umbilical Hernia: The Miserable Death of a Stout Lady: Queen Caroline
22. Short Stay, Fast Track: Rebels and Revolutions: Bassini and Lichtenstein
23. Mors in tabula: The Limits of Surgery: Lee Harvey Oswald
24. Prosthesis: Une belle épaule de la belle époque: The Baker Jules Pedoux
25. Stroke: The Neck of Vladimir Ilyich Uljanov: Lenin
26. Gastrectomy: Cowboys and Surgeons: Frau Thérèse Heller
27. Anal fistula: La Grande Opération: King Louis XIV
28. Electricity: 600 Volts: The Electric Eel at Artis Zoo
Epilogue: The Surgeon of the Future: A Top 10
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