The basis of presentation of a monograph of the same name put prof. AA Vorobyov and prof. IA Petrova. The lecture reveals the history of surgery in the light of the artistic image. The witnesses are called upon the most advanced part of society - painters, sculptors, engravers, publishers. Are works of art that illustrate the development of surgery in the era of its birth and in the early stages. Thanks, extant works of art - paintings, prints, sculptures, it is possible to reliably estimate what was the surgery in the last moment, to visit the surgery, to see the ancient surgeons, and see how far we've gone and at what cost to humanity got modern Achievements surgery.
The lecture is interesting not only to future doctors, but also to all the people, indifferent to the past and seeking to understand the present.