Gifted hands : America's most significant contributions to surgery / Seymour I. Schwartz.
- Schwartz, Seymour I., 1928-2020.
- Date:
- 2009
- Books
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Publication/Creation
Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2009.
Physical description
259 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
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Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-237) and indexes.
Contents
Pre-Columbian and colonial times -- The professor and the pioneer -- The beginning of clinical experimentation : birth of a specialty -- Focus on females -- The death of pain -- Two prime targets -- Two oft-forgotten contributions -- Prodigy and progenitor -- Victory over vessels -- Besting the chest -- From one to another : organ transplantation -- Smatterings from the specialties -- Enabling expansion.
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Location Status History of MedicineV.6Open shelves
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ISBN
- 9781591026839
- 1591026830