first edition
1992 · San Francisco
by Rutkow, Ira M.
San Francisco: Norman Publishing, 1992. 1st edition. The second volume provides a survey of the periodical and pamphlet literature in which most early American surgical discoveries were first published. This book describes and analyzes the 1413 original journal articles and pamphlets written by American surgeons before 1900 deemed to have particular historical significance. The work is arranged by surgical specialties so that each chapter represents a chronological history of the literature of anesthesia, colon and rectal surgery, general surgery, gynecology, neurological surgery, ophthalmology, orthopedic surgery, otorhinolaryngology, plastic surgery, thoracic surgery, and urology. Volume II: Periodicals and Pamphlets. 434pp. 116 illus. Cloth, dust jacket, acid-free paper. ISBN 0-930405-48-X. Norman Surgery Series No. 4. (Inventory #: 12879)