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Of life and limb : surgical repair of the arteries in war and peace, 1880-1960 / Justin Barr.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Rochester studies in medical historyPublisher: Rochester : University of Rochester Press, 2019Description: 1 online resource (ix, 292 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781787445833 (ebook)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version: : No titleDDC classification:
  • 617.4/13 23
LOC classification:
  • RD598.6 .B37 2019
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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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.

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