Surgical Limits : The Life of Gordon Murray /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McKellar, Shelley
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, 2003.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Murray, Gordon, > 1894-1976.
Surgeons.
MEDICAL > Surgery > General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Medical.
Chirurgiens > Canada > Biographies.
General Surgery
Surgeons > Canada > Biography.
Canada.
Canada
Biographies.
Biography
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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

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