Of life and limb :
Barr, Justin, 1984-
Of life and limb : surgical repair of the arteries in war and peace, 1880-1960 / Justin Barr. - Rochester : University of Rochester Press, 2019. - 1 online resource (ix, 292 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). - Rochester studies in medical history . - Rochester studies in medical history. .
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 31 Mar 2020).
Introduction -- Technical change, practical stasis : the development of arterial repair through 1914 -- An ideal rarely practiced : arterial repair and its alternatives from World War I to World War II -- Opportunities realized and discarded : The management of vascular trauma in World War II -- Reshaping surgical infrastructure between World War II and the Korean War -- An ideal implemented : arterial repair in the Korean War -- Bringing it all back home -- Conclusion : arterial repair and the process of surgical change.
Examining the history of arterial repair, Of Life and Limb investigates the process of surgical innovation by exploring the social, technological, institutional, and martial dynamics shaping the introduction and adoption of a new operation.
9781787445833 (ebook)
Arteries--Surgery--History--20th century.
Arteries--Surgery--History--19th century.
Arteries--Surgery--History--United States--20th century.
Surgery, Military--History--United States--20th century.
RD598.6 / .B37 2019
617.4/13
Of life and limb : surgical repair of the arteries in war and peace, 1880-1960 / Justin Barr. - Rochester : University of Rochester Press, 2019. - 1 online resource (ix, 292 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). - Rochester studies in medical history . - Rochester studies in medical history. .
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 31 Mar 2020).
Introduction -- Technical change, practical stasis : the development of arterial repair through 1914 -- An ideal rarely practiced : arterial repair and its alternatives from World War I to World War II -- Opportunities realized and discarded : The management of vascular trauma in World War II -- Reshaping surgical infrastructure between World War II and the Korean War -- An ideal implemented : arterial repair in the Korean War -- Bringing it all back home -- Conclusion : arterial repair and the process of surgical change.
Examining the history of arterial repair, Of Life and Limb investigates the process of surgical innovation by exploring the social, technological, institutional, and martial dynamics shaping the introduction and adoption of a new operation.
9781787445833 (ebook)
Arteries--Surgery--History--20th century.
Arteries--Surgery--History--19th century.
Arteries--Surgery--History--United States--20th century.
Surgery, Military--History--United States--20th century.
RD598.6 / .B37 2019
617.4/13