Surgical Limits : The Life of Gordon Murray /
Shelley McKellar's Surgical Limits chronicles the life of one of Canada's most prominent and controversial surgeons, Gordon Murray (1894-1976). McKellar examines candidly and critically the career successes and failures of Gordon Murray, discussing Murray's surgical ingenuity and skil...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Toronto, Ont. :
University of Toronto Press,
2003.
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- Introduction: A Surgeon's Life
- 1 Rural Beginnings: The Formation of a Surgeon
- 2 Toronto Appointment: Heparin and Vascular Surgery
- 3 Delivering Miracles: Heart Surgery and an Artificial Kidney Machine
- 4 A Private Laboratory, a Second Artificial Kidney, and New Heart Operations
- 5 A Cure for Cancer? Sera, Vaccines, and the Theory of Immunity
- 6 Making Paraplegics Walk Again: The Spinal Cord Controversy
- 7 Time for Rest: Career Reflections
- Conclusion: Surgical Limits
- APPENDIX: DR GORDON MURRAY'S MEDICAL WRITINGSNOTES
- A NOTE ON SOURCES
- INDEX
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Y
- Z
- Illustrations