Illustrated Manual of Operative Surgery and Surgical Anatomy

by Claude Bernard

The most elaborately illustrated of surgical manuals published during the Civil War, with 88 superb plates depicting operations and surgical instruments. This American edition for Civil War surgeons was the best version ever published of this widely translated manual.

513 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 2004

About the author

Est un médecin et physiologiste français, considéré comme le fondateur de la médecine expérimentale, il a en particulier laissé son nom au syndrome de Claude Bernard-Horner. On lui doit les notions de milieu intérieur et d’homéostasie, fondements de la biologie moderne.