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American surgery : an illustrated history / by Ira M. Rutkow ; Stanley B. Burns, photohistorian.
Levy Dental Medicine Library - Stacks RD27.3.U6 R87 1998
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rutkow, Ira, 1948-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Surgery--United States--History.
- Surgery.
- Surgery--United States--History--Pictorial works.
- History.
- United States.
- General Surgery--history.
- Medical Subjects:
- General Surgery--history.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Pictorial works.
- Illustrated works.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 638 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 31 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Lippincott-Raven Publishers, [1998]
- Contents:
- Native American surgery
- Surgical practice in colonial America, 1607-1783
- English and French influences, 1784-1845
- Surgical anesthesia, 1846-1860
- Civil War surgery, 1861-1865
- Professionalization and antisepsis, 1866-1889
- German authority and scientific advancement, 1890-1916
- World War I surgery, 1917-1918
- Consolidation and specialization, 1919-1940
- World War II surgery, 1941-1945
- American surgical supremacy, 1946-1974
- Socioeconomic and political transformation, 1975-1997
- Surgical specialities and biographies
- General surgery
- Cardiothoracic surgery
- Colorectal surgery
- Gynecologic surgery
- Neurologic surgery
- Ophthalmologic surgery
- Orthopedic surgery
- Otorhinolaryngologic surgery
- Plastic surgery
- Urologic surgery.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 599-611) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0316763527
- OCLC:
- 37011246
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