Invasion of the Body

Author: Nicholas L. Tilney
Edition: 1
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0674062280
Category: Medical

Invasion of the Body: Revolutions in Surgery

In 1913, the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston admitted its first patient, Mary Agnes Turner, who suffered from varicose veins in her legs. Download Invasion of the Body medical books for free.
The surgical treatment she received, under ether anesthesia, was the most advanced available at the time. At the same hospital fifty years later, Nicholas Tilney-then a second-year resident-assisted in the repair of a large aortic aneurysm. The cutting-edge diagnostic tools he used to evaluate the patient's condition would soon be eclipsed by yet more sophisticated apparatus, including minimally invasive approaches and state-of-the-art imaging technology, which Tilney would draw on in pioneering organ transplant surgery and becoming one of its most distinguished practitioners.In Invasion of the Bo Get Invasion of the Body our bestseller medical books.

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