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Author Tilney, Nicholas L.

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

Imprint Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description 358 p.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references 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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Surgery -- History.
Surgery -- History -- 20th century.
Surgery -- History -- 21st century.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780674062283 (alk. paper)
9780674063273 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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