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Invasion of the body: revolutions in surgery
Invasion of the body: revolutions in surgery
Author
Tilney, Nicholas L
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Publication Date
2011
Language
English
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Introduction
1. Three operations
2. The teaching hospital
3. Evolution of a profession
4. Steps forward and steps backward
5. War and peace
6. The promise of surgical research
7. Operations on the heart
8. The mechanical heart
9. The transfer of organs
10. Making a surgeon, then and now
11. Shifting foundations
12. Unsolved dilemmas.
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General Surgery
General Surgery -- history
History
History, 20th Century
History, 21st Century
History and Ethics of Medicine
MEDICAL
MEDICAL -- History
MEDICAL -- Surgery -- General
Medicine
Surgery
Surgery -- History
Surgery -- History -- 20th century
Surgery -- History -- 21st century
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ProQuest (Firm)
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9780674062283
9780674419117
9780674063273
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