Nikolai Pirogov. The Great Surgeon

It is hard to believe, but a century and a half ago, doctors did not know how to administer anesthesia during operations, were unaware of what anesthesia was, did not treat wounds with iodine, and did not apply casts for fractures.  

We owe the emergence of all these life-saving tools to the great surgeon Nikolai Pirogov.  

This book about his life journey, his contributions to science and medical practice will reopen to the reader this remarkable person.