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Author:

Tilney, Nicholas L.

Title:

Invasion of the body : revolutions in surgery / Nicholas L. Tilney.

Publisher:

Harvard University Press,

Copyright Date:

2011

Description:

358 p., [14] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

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

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-343) and index.

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.

ISBN:

0674062280 (alk. paper)
9780674062283 (alk. paper)

LCCN:

2011013287

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)