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    Summary of Ira Rutkow's Empire of the Scalpel
    Summary of Ira Rutkow's Empire of the Scalpel
    Summary of Ira Rutkow's Empire of the Scalpel
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    Summary of Ira Rutkow's Empire of the Scalpel

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    Listen to the SSummary of Ira Rutkow's Empire of the Scalpel in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Surgery was freed from the shackles of the Church and the translations of Galen and Hippocrates in the fifteenth century. However, surgery was still a last resort, and those who underwent a surgical operation suffered through a truly frightening ordeal...

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEverest Media
    Release dateOct 19, 2022
    ISBN9798868610240
    Summary of Ira Rutkow's Empire of the Scalpel

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