Tilney, Nicholas L.

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.
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Surgery--History.
Surgery--History--20th century.
Surgery--History--21st century.


Electronic books.

RD19 / .T56 2011eb

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