Invasion of the body : revolutions in surgery

Invasion of the body : revolutions in surgery / Nicholas L. Tilney.

Author/creator	Tilney, Nicholas L.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011.
Description	358 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	Surgery--History. Surgery--History --20th century. Surgery--History --21st century.

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 challenges.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-343) and index.
LCCN	2011013287
ISBN	9780674062283 (alk. paper)
ISBN	0674062280 (alk. paper)