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Invasion of the body [electronic resource] : revolutions in surgery / Nicholas L. Tilney.

By: Tilney, Nicholas L.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011Description: 358 p.Subject(s): Surgery -- History | Surgery -- History -- 20th century | Surgery -- History -- 21st centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 617 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
Three operations -- The teaching hospital -- Evolution of a profession -- Steps forward and steps backward -- War and peace -- The promise of surgical research -- Operations on the heart -- The mechanical heart -- The transfer of organs -- Making a surgeon, then and now -- Shifting foundations -- Unsolved dilemmas.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Three operations -- The teaching hospital -- Evolution of a profession -- Steps forward and steps backward -- War and peace -- The promise of surgical research -- Operations on the heart -- The mechanical heart -- The transfer of organs -- Making a surgeon, then and now -- Shifting foundations -- Unsolved dilemmas.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2012. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.