Operations That Made History (Greenwich Medical Media)

The book illustrates aspects of the history of surgery by describing the stories behind either "major break-throughs", such as the first gastrectomy, less major procedures that have made a great impact on surgery, for example, the minor operation which was the first to be performed under anaesthesia and then operations on famous personages such as Nelson. These examples provide an interesting and entertaining way of reading about the History of the subject, rather than the more dense textbooks.