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

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011.Description: 358 pSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 617 23
LOC classification:
  • RD19 .T56 2011eb
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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.
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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.

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