Bibliograph

Invasion of the body, revolutions in surgery, Nicholas L. Tilney

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Invasion of the body, revolutions in surgery, Nicholas L. Tilney

Language

eng

Bibliography note

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

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Invasion of the body

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

709670329

Responsibility statement

Nicholas L. Tilney

Sub title

revolutions in surgery

Table Of Contents

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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