Overview

First part of the book presents a unique and coherent study of natural amputations due to congenital absence, disease, frostbite, toxins, domestic and wild animal trauma, and non-medical reasons related to punitive, ritual and legal decisions. Following the introduction of gun powder in the 15th century, surgical action became significant. The subsequent development of surgical amputation and its difficulties form a major part of the book, summarising the evolution of the control of haemorrhage and infection, pain relief, techniques, instrumentation, complications, prostheses, results and case histories. In addition, alternative procedures, increasingly important in the last two centuries, are debated and factors associated with self-amputation in extremis, not as rare according to press reports, are also examined. This richly illustrated book will be of interest to medical and social historians, surgeons, limb-fitting surgeons and prosthetists, anaesthetists, limb manufacturers, social historians, ethnologists and amputees.

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Author:   John R. Kirkup
Publisher:   Springer London Ltd
Imprint:   Springer London Ltd
Edition:   Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2007
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.375kg
ISBN:  

9781849966023

ISBN 10:   1849966028
Pages:   184
Publication Date:   13 October 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

and Sources.- Natural Causes of Dismemberment.- Accidental Causes for Amputation: Auto-Amputation.- Ritual, Punitive, Legal and Iatrogenic Causes.- Cold Steel and Gunshot Causes.- Elective Amputation: Early Evolution to the End of the 17th Century.- Elective Amputation: From the 18th Century to 1846.- Elective Amputation: From 1846 to Recent Times.- Interpretations of Amputation by Society, Patients and Surgeons.- Surgical Instrumentation and Equipment.- Indications, Timing and Procedures.- Stumps: Reattachment,Management, Complications, Revision and Care for Limb-Fitting.- Artificial Limbs and Rehabilitation.

Reviews

Aus den Rezensionen: ... Die Literatur des Verfassers und damit sein Gesichtsfeld beschranken sich auf den angelsachsischen und franzosischen Sprachbereich. ... Getreu seinem Titel liegt der Schwerpunkt des Buches auf der Amputationschirurgie. Es ware die ideale, ebenso lesenswerte Erganzung zum Werk ... uber 'Prothesen der Unteren Extremitat vom Altertum bis 1930', erschienen 2005 im Verlag der Bundesfachschule OrthopadieTechnik in Dortmund. Beide unter einem Dach in einer Sprache vereint zu sehen, bleibt wohl ein frommer Wunschtraum. (Prof. em. Dr. med. R. Baumgartner, in: MOT Medizinisch-Orthopadische Technik, 2009)

From the reviews: After a description of the more common causes for amputation of the limbs, the author analyses more extensively the different causes:--trauma cases of various etiologies,--ritual, punitive, legal amputation,--iatrogenic causes,--war amputations. ! A very uncommon book ! bringing some interesting overview along the history of surgery. (Jean-Yves Jenny, European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology, Vol. 21, 2011)

Author Information

John Kirkup, MD, MA, FRCS, Dip Hist Med studied at Emmanuel College, Cambridge and St Mary's Hospital, London, qualifying in 1952. After service in the Royal Navy he worked as an orthopedic surgeon for the Bath Clinical Area, Somerset, introducing ankle joint replacement to the United Kingdom in 1976. Always intrigued by the evolution of surgery from its pre-historic roots, Mr Kirkup edited facsimiles of Wiseman's Of Wounds (1676) and Woodall's Surgions Mate (1617), published A Historical Guide to British Orthopaedic Surgery, and contributed chapters in books on Ambroise Pare, on pain management during surgery, on trepanation, on the battle against infection, on damaged surgeon's equipment of the Mary Rose shipwreck and on instrumentation generally. He published a wide variety of journal communications including and extended series on surgical instruments and on the history of foot and ankle surgery, and twelve surgical entries in the New Dictionary of National Biography. He has been Hunterian, Vicary, Sydenham and Hamilton Russell Lecturer, was awarded the Sir Arthur Keith Medal of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, and has advised widely on museum collections, especially in the UK, Portugal and Australia. Formerly President of the British Society for Medical History, President of the History Section of the Royal Society of Medicine, Honorary Archivist of the British Orthopaedic Association and Chairman of the Historical Medical Equipment Society, Mr Kirkup is currently Honorary Curator of the Historical Instrument Collection at the Royal College of Surgeons, London, and Lecture in Surgical History to the Society of Apothecaries, London. He is also about to publish a book on the evolution of surgical instruments.

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