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Surgery, science and industry : a revolution in fracture care, 1950s-1990s / Thomas Schlich.
Veterinary: Atwood Library (Campus) RD101 .S33 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schlich, Thomas
- Series:
- Science, technology, and medicine in modern history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fractures--Treatment.
- Fractures.
- Medical innovations.
- Medical technology.
- Medical instruments and apparatus.
- Science.
- Industries.
- Surgery.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 349 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2002.
- Summary:
- This book charts the history of the worldwide introduction of an operative treatment method for broken bones, osteosynthesis, by a Swiss-based association, called AO. The success of the close cooperation between the AO's surgeons, scientists and manufacturers in establishing a complicated and risky technique as a standard treatment sheds light on the mechanisms of medical innovation at the crossroads of surgery, science and industry and the nature of modern medicine in general.
- Contents:
- Introduction: The AO 1
- Part I Setting Up a Network, 1950s-1970s
- 1 Dealing with Broken Bones 9
- 2 Starting the Network 28
- 3 A Symbiosis of Surgery, Science and Industry 46
- 4 'Tacit Knowledge': Education and Training on a Face-to-Face Basis 65
- 5 Science and Surgery: Bones in the Laboratory 86
- 6 The Science of Surgery: Clinical Research 110
- Part II Coping with Success, 1970s-1990s
- 7 Acceptance: The AO becomes Mainstream 141
- 8 Optimised Control: The AO's Success in East Germany 169
- 9 The Long Road to Success: The AO in the US 180
- 10 Redefining Osteosynthesis: Another Revolution in Fracture Care 196
- 11 Control and Cooperation on a Global Scale: AO International and AO Foundation 218
- Conclusion: Surgery, Science and Industry in Modern Medicine 239.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 310-335) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Clarence J. Marshall Memorial Library Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0333993055
- OCLC:
- 49942692
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