{"product_id":"under-the-knife-arnold-van-de-laar-9781250826015","title":"Under the Knife","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSurgeon Arnold van de Laar uses his own experience and expertise to tell this engrossing \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ehistory of surgery through 28 famous operations--from Louis XIV and Einstein to JFK and \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eHoudini.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the story of the desperate man from seventeenth-century Amsterdam who grimly cut a stone out of his own bladder to Bob Marley's deadly toe, \u003ci\u003eUnder the Knife\u003c\/i\u003e offers a wealth of fascinating and unforgettable insights into medicine and history via the operating room. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat happens during an operation? How does the human body respond to being attacked by a knife, a bacterium, a cancer cell or a bullet? And, as medical advances continuously push the boundaries of what medicine can cure, what are the limits of surgery? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith stories spanning the dark centuries of bloodletting and amputations without anaesthetic through today's sterile, high-tech operating rooms, \u003ci\u003eUnder the Knife\u003c\/i\u003e is both a rich cultural history, and a modern anatomy class for us all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Arnold Van de Laar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1250826012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250826015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martins Press-3PL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/02\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.84d","brand":"Arnold Van de Laar","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44079785246975,"sku":"9781250826015","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_47892c75-16b0-429b-bd53-8116bc1ca134.jpg?v=1685483127","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/under-the-knife-arnold-van-de-laar-9781250826015","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}