The Supreme Triumph of the Surgeon's Art
Endocrine surgery – the subspecialty of general surgery involving diseases of the thyroid, parathyroid, and adrenal glands as well as the endocrine pancreas – is a rapidly growing field of medicine that has a rich and fascinating history. As recently as the mid-19th Century, surgery for thyroid goit...
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| description | Endocrine surgery – the subspecialty of general surgery involving diseases of the thyroid, parathyroid, and adrenal glands as well as the endocrine pancreas – is a rapidly growing field of medicine that has a rich and fascinating history. As recently as the mid-19th Century, surgery for thyroid goiter was described as “horrid butchery” and believed by many to be too dangerous for any surgeon to attempt. Through the ingenuity and tireless efforts of surgeons in Europe and the U.S., thyroidectomy became a safe and even elegant operation, one that renowned Johns Hopkins surgeon William Halsted would describe in 1926 as representing “the supreme triumph of the surgeon’s art.” In this unique and captivating book, these and other seminal stories from the history of endocrine surgery are vividly retold by the current leaders in the field |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1453422024-09-17T12:34:06Z The Supreme Triumph of the Surgeon's Art Zeiger, Martha A. Shen, Wen T. Felger, Erin A. Medical / Physician & Patient thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues::MBD Medical profession::MBDP Doctor / patient relationship Endocrine surgery – the subspecialty of general surgery involving diseases of the thyroid, parathyroid, and adrenal glands as well as the endocrine pancreas – is a rapidly growing field of medicine that has a rich and fascinating history. As recently as the mid-19th Century, surgery for thyroid goiter was described as “horrid butchery” and believed by many to be too dangerous for any surgeon to attempt. Through the ingenuity and tireless efforts of surgeons in Europe and the U.S., thyroidectomy became a safe and even elegant operation, one that renowned Johns Hopkins surgeon William Halsted would describe in 1926 as representing “the supreme triumph of the surgeon’s art.” In this unique and captivating book, these and other seminal stories from the history of endocrine surgery are vividly retold by the current leaders in the field 2024-09-17T12:34:04Z 2024-09-17T12:34:04Z 2013 book ONIX_20240917_9780983463986_21 9780983463986 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/145342 eng image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://muse.jhu.edu/book/124673 University of California Health Humanities Press 9d784c0b-b0f7-43a6-b03f-72a40e4ca18c 9780983463986 234 open access |
| spellingShingle | Medical / Physician & Patient thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues::MBD Medical profession::MBDP Doctor / patient relationship The Supreme Triumph of the Surgeon's Art |
| title | The Supreme Triumph of the Surgeon's Art |
| title_full | The Supreme Triumph of the Surgeon's Art |
| title_fullStr | The Supreme Triumph of the Surgeon's Art |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Supreme Triumph of the Surgeon's Art |
| title_short | The Supreme Triumph of the Surgeon's Art |
| title_sort | supreme triumph of the surgeon s art |
| topic | Medical / Physician & Patient thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues::MBD Medical profession::MBDP Doctor / patient relationship |
| topic_facet | Medical / Physician & Patient thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues::MBD Medical profession::MBDP Doctor / patient relationship |
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