Under The Knife
The History of Surgery in 28 Remarkable Operations
Arnold Van De Laar
Hachette
357 pages; Rs 699
If you are reading this review over a cup of morning tea, you might want to put it down. For in Under The Knife, surgeon Arnold Van De Laar has shared stories from surgery’s bloody past and (somewhat) cleaner present, and no amount of dithering over delicacy can prevent some mention of the frankly gory procedures he describes in the book.
The very first chapter, “Lithotomy”, describes the surgery Dutch blacksmith Jan de Doot performed on himself
The History of Surgery in 28 Remarkable Operations
Arnold Van De Laar
Hachette
357 pages; Rs 699
If you are reading this review over a cup of morning tea, you might want to put it down. For in Under The Knife, surgeon Arnold Van De Laar has shared stories from surgery’s bloody past and (somewhat) cleaner present, and no amount of dithering over delicacy can prevent some mention of the frankly gory procedures he describes in the book.
The very first chapter, “Lithotomy”, describes the surgery Dutch blacksmith Jan de Doot performed on himself
