American Surgery: An Illustrated History

by Ira M. Rutkow

Written by a world-renowned historian of surgery, this volume is a masterful textual and pictorial history of the evolution of American surgery. Dr. Rutkow draws on his experience as a surgeon and a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316763527
• ISBN13: 9780316763523
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Lippincott Raven
• Length: 656 Pages
• Weight: 5.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 9.4" x 12.3"

Customer Reviews

An exhaustive research project which covers medical history.

If you are looking for information on the medical services available in the Civil War or how medicine was practiced at this turn of the century, then this is the text. It is a treasure chest of information for both the casual reader or serious researcher. The photos are excellent. Highly recommended as a gift for your favorite doc or medical collector.