Cold, Hard Steel

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Emotionally detached and empathetic, elite, esoteric, and plagued by bureaucracy, robust, resilient, but suffering under unique emotional pressures. It is precisely these contradictions that have made the surgical stereotype so enduring.' Brilliant, volatile, and almost invariably male, the surgical stereotype is a widespread and instantly recognisable figure. In Cold, hard steel, Agnes Arnold-Forster sets out to anatomise this stereotype, offering an exciting new history of modern and contemporary British surgery. Arnold-Forster draws on archival materials and original interviews with surgeons, analysing them alongside a range of fictional depictions, from the Doctor in the House novels to Mills & Boon romances and the pioneering soap opera Emergency Ward 10. Presenting a unique social, cultural, and emotional history, she shines a light on the development and perseverance of the myth of the modern surgeon and explains why it has proved so long-lasting. At the same time, she explores the more candid and compassionate image of the surgeon that has begun to emerge in recent years, revealing how a series of high-profile memoirs both challenge the surgical stereotype and simultaneously confirm it.