Physical Description:286 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition:First edition.
Publisher:New York :Scientific American / Farrar, Straus and Giroux,2017.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Prologue : The age of agony -- Through the lens -- Houses of death -- The sutured gut -- The altar of science -- The napoleon of surgery -- The frog's legs -- Cleanliness & godliness -- They're all dead -- The storm -- The glass garden -- The queen's abscess -- Epilogue : The dark curtain, raised.