LIVRO The Knick and Surgical Techniques (Medicine in Television Series) (English Edition) PDF Leire Losa

The Manhattan Dispensary was a hospital founded in Harlem, New York, in 1862, which survived until 1979. Throughout its history it received different names, but was known from 1913 onward as the Knickerbocker Hospital. This is where the series’ action is set, in 1900, taking as its main narrative referent the early steps of modern surgery and efforts to improve it technically.To understand this period, one needs to briefly review the history of surgical evolution from its beginnings. Back then, surgeons were considered technicians, and were not always qualified, in contrast to doctors, who were the true healers. However, it could be said that both disciplines have always been closely related.