Invasion of the body revolutions in surgery / [electronic resource] :
Nicholas L. Tilney.
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011.
- 358 p.
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.