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History of Surgery


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Scope: This guide a selective list of resources in the LSUHSC Library that can be used to find information on the history of surgery and/or biographical data on surgeons.

Books
More books on this topic are available on the 3rd & 4th floor in these areas:
WO 11 – History of Surgery
WZ – History of Medicine
Reference
American surgery: an illustrated history.
Print version in Library Reference: WO 11 AA1 R93a 1998
History of surgery in the United States, 1775 - 1900.
Print version in Library Reference: WO 11 AA1 R93h 1988
2 volumes [1988-1992]
The medical millennium: 1000 pioneers who have contributed to the development of medicine over the last 1000 years.
Print version in Library Reference: WZ 112 L51m 2000
Surgery: an illustrated history.
Print version in Library Reference: WO 11 R93s 1993
Stacks
Bleeding Blue and Gray: Civil War surgery and the evolution of American medicine.
Print version in Library Stacks: E 621 R93b 2005
A century of Black surgeons; the U.S.A. experience.
Print version in Library Stacks: WZ 112 Or2c 1987
Ernest Amory Codman: the end result of a life in medicine.
Print version in Library Stacks: WZ 100 C648 2000
A history of surgery.
Print version in Library Stacks: WO 11 EL5h 2001
A history of vascular surgery.
Print version in Library Stacks: WG 11 F914 2005
Jews and medicine: an epic saga.
Print version in Library Stacks: WZ 80.5.J3 H51j 2002
The knife man : blood, body snatching, and the birth of modern surgery.
Print version in Library Stacks: WZ 100 M78k 2005
The rise of surgery; from empiric craft to scientific discipline.
Print version in Library Stacks: WO 11 W18r 1978
Venus envy: a history of cosmetic surgery.
Print version in Library Stacks: WO 11 AA1 H12v 1997


Journals
Bulletin of the history of medicine.
Print version from 1933 - present
Journal of the history of medicine and allied sciences.
Print version from 1946 - 2005
Online from 1996


Databases
Recommended Subject Headings (MeSH), Descriptors, or Thesaurus Terms:
INNOPAC
Surgery - Biography
Surgery - History
MEDLINE
Surgery/history
Surgical Instruments/history
Barber Surgeons
In addition consider using the Name of the Biographee or Main Heading along with the following publication types [pt]:

Biobibliography [pt] works consisting of biographical information as well as lists of the writings of those persons.

Biography [pt] works consisting of an account of the events, works, and achievements, personal and professional, during a person's life. It includes articles on the activities and accomplishments of living persons as well as the presentation of an obituary.

Classical Article [pt] works consisting of a current presentation of a previously printed seminal article marking a milestone in the history of medicine or science. It is usually accompanied by introductory remarks heralding its reprinting, often on the anniversary of its original publication or on an anniversary of the author's birth or death. It is usually reprinted in full, with complete bibliographical reference to the original appearance.

Diaries [pt] works consisting of records, usually private, of writers' experiences, observations, feelings, attitudes, etc. They may also be works marked in calendar order in which to note appointments and the like. (From Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)

Personal Narratives [pt] works consisting of accounts of personal experience in relation to a particular field or of participation in related activities or autobiographical accounts.

 
Links
Cyber Museum of Neurosurgery
From the American Association of Neurological Surgeons
Changing the Face of Medicine: Celebrating America's Women Physicians
Use physician search to find biographies of America's female physicians
Directory of History of Medicine Collections by State
Louisiana history of medicine collections
National Library of Medicine (NLM) | History of Medicine Division
Digital collections and more
Surgical Instruments of Ancient Rome
A digital collection of the tools at a surgeon's disposal in the first century BCE

Created April 2001 by CKB & KEK
Revised July 2007 by CKB
Checked June 2008 by DSA

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