The History of Endocrine Surgery - Couverture rigide

Welbourn, R. B.; Friesen, Stanley R.; Johnston, Ivan D.A.; Sellwood, Ronald A.

 
9780275925864: The History of Endocrine Surgery
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0275925862 ISBN 13 : 9780275925864
Editeur : Praeger Publishers Inc, 1990

Synopsis

Richard B. Welbourn, a retired endocrine surgeon who has written two books on the subject, has compiled the definitive history of the new and advancing discipline of endocrine surgery. The book traces the history of endocrine surgery from its origins to the 1980s, detailing the stories behind the surgery of each gland. A valuable biographical index containing basic information as well as the ideas and achievements of great names in the field will prove an invaluable resource.

Topics include: Evolution of Endocrine Surgery; The Pituitary; The Thyroid; Thyroid Cancer; The Adrenal Glands; The Parathyroid Glands; The Endocrine Gut and Pancreas; Islet Cell Transplantation; Multiple Endocrine Adenopathy and Paraendocrine Syndromes; Cancer of the Breast and Prostate; Essential and Renal Hypertension; Surgical Stress. The book also includes more than 80 photos and diagrams. A chronological table shows the main events described in the text in their temporal context via milestones in general medicine, surgery and science, and selected major events in political and social history.

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À propos de l'auteur

RICHARD B. WELBOURN holds many degrees and honorary degrees. He is Emeritus Professor of Surgical Endocrinology of the Royal Postgraduate Medical School in London and the First President of the British Association of Endocrine Surgeons.

STANLEY R. FRIESEN is Professor of Surgery and the History and Philosophy of Medicine at the University of Kansas.

IVAN D.A. JOHNSTON is Professor of Surgery at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

RONALD A. SELLWOOD is Emeritus Professor of Surgery at the University of Manchester.

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Éditeur
Praeger Publishers Inc
Date d'édition
1990
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0275925862
ISBN 13 
9780275925864
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
410
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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