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Invasion of the Body

Revolutions in Surgery

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$41.00 • £35.95 • €37.95

ISBN 9780674062283

Publication Date: 09/26/2011

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384 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

33 halftones

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  • 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 Challenges
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index

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