Every Branch of the Healing Art
Every Branch of the Healing Art tells the story of RCSI through its contributions to a near-quarter-millennium of surgical, medical and societal change.
From 19th-century bodysnatchers to the 1916 Rising, through two pandemics and two world wars, with a vivid cast of characters, and reaching right to the present day, the book is a fast-moving, lavishly-illustrated narrative of a great Irish – and, now, global – institution.
A captivating history
RCSI is delighted to announce the launch of Every Branch of the Healing Art: A History of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland by Dr Ronan Kelly – a book that tells the story of a small group of Irish surgeons that broke ranks with the Guild of Barber-Surgeons in 1784 to form the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.
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