Lindsey Fitzharris - Böcker

Den som hade oturen att hamna under kniven i det viktorianska London hade alla skäl att oroa sig. Kirurgin liknade mest ren slakt. Överlevde man själva operationen var risken stor att smittas av sjukhusfeber den mystiska sjukdom som härjade på Eur...

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THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Best Books of the Year, Guardian The poignant story of the visionary surgeon who rebuilt the faces of the First World War's injured heroes, and in the process ushered in the modern era of plastic surgery From the ...

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THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Best Books of the Year, Guardian The poignant story of the visionary surgeon who rebuilt the faces of the First World War's injured heroes, and in the process ushered in the modern era of plastic surgery From the ...

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DAILY MAIL, GUARDIAN AND OBSERVER BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2017 Winner of the 2018 PEN/E.O. Wilson Prize for Literary Science Writing Shortlisted for the 2018 Wellcome Book Prize Shortlisted for the 2018 Wolfson Prize The story of a visionary British sur...

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Smallpox! Rabies! Black Death! Throughout history humankind has been plagued by . . . well, by plagues. The symptoms of these diseases were gruesome-but the remedies were even worse. Get to know the ickiest illnesses that have infected humans and ...

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Winner, 2018 PEN/E.O. Wilson Prize for Literary Science Writing Short-listed for the 2018 Wellcome Book Prize A Top 10 Science Book of Fall 2017, Publishers Weekly A Best History Book of 2017, The Guardian "Warning: She spares no detail!"...

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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Butchering Art by Lindsey Fitzharris, read by Sam Woolf.In The Butchering Art, historian Lindsey Fitzharris recreates a critical turning point in the history of medicine, when Joseph Lister transformed...

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DAILY MAIL, GUARDIAN AND OBSERVER BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2017Winner of the 2018 PEN/E.O. Wilson Prize for Literary Science WritingShortlisted for the 2018 Wellcome Book Prize and the 2018 Wolfson History PrizeThe story of a visionary British surgeon wh...

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THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Best Books of the Year, Guardian The poignant story of the visionary surgeon who rebuilt the faces of the First World War''s injured heroes, and in the process ushered in the modern era of plastic surgery From the mome...

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Winner, 2018 PEN/E.O. Wilson Prize for Literary Science WritingShort-listed for the 2018 Wellcome Book PrizeA Top 10 Science Book of Fall 2017, Publishers WeeklyA Best History Book of 2017, The Guardian "e;Warning: She spares no detail!"e;...

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A New York Times BestsellerFinalist for the 2022 Kirkus Prize | Named a best book of the year by The Guardian"e;Enthralling. Harrowing. Heartbreaking. And utterly redemptive. Lindsey Fitzharris hit this one out of the park."e; -Erik Larson...

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A New York Times Bestseller "Enthralling. Harrowing. Heartbreaking. And utterly redemptive. Lindsey Fitzharris hit this one out of the park." -Erik Larson, author of The Splendid and the Vile Lindsey Fitzharris, the award-winning author ...

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Smallpox! Rabies! Black Death! Throughout history humankind has been plagued by . . . well, by plagues. The symptoms of these diseases were gruesome-but the remedies were even worse. Get to know the ickiest illnesses that have infected humans and ...

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Grausig sind die Anfänge der Medizin: Leichenraub, blutige Operationen wie Kirmesspektakel, Arsen, Quecksilber, Kokain als verschriebene Heilmittel. Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts ist das Unwissen der Ärzte sagenhaft, wie sie praktizieren, ein einzige...

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Als Harold Gillies die Verheerungen des Ersten Weltkriegs mit eigenen Augen sieht, ist er schockiert. Zu viele junge Männer werden nach nur einem falschen Augenblick ihrem Schicksal überlassen: für immer entstellt, für immer Monster in den Augen d...

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Den som hade oturen att hamna under kniven i det viktorianskaLondon hade alla skäl att oroa sig. Kirurgin liknade mest ren slakt. Dog man inte av själva operationen var risken stor att smittas av sjukhusfeber ? den mystiska sjukdom som härjade öve...

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