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LSUHSC Libraries Resource Guide - History of Surgery

Background
Select library resources to find information on the history of surgery and biographical data on surgeons.

Books

Recommended

  • American surgery: an illustrated history.
  • History of surgery in the United States, 1775 - 1900.
  • The medical millennium: 1000 pioneers who have contributed to the development of medicine over the last 1000 years.
  • Surgery: an illustrated history.
  • Bleeding Blue and Gray: Civil War surgery and the evolution of American medicine.
  • A century of Black surgeons; the U.S.A. experience.
  • Ernest Amory Codman: the end result of a life in medicine.
  • A history of surgery.
  • A history of vascular surgery.
  • Jews and medicine: an epic saga.
  • The knife man : blood, body snatching, and the birth of modern surgery.
  • The rise of surgery; from empiric craft to scientific discipline.
  • Venus envy: a history of cosmetic surgery.
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    See Also:

    WO 11 - History of Surgery
    WZ - History of Medicine

    Surgical history books in the circulating collection are generally located in the call number area WO 11 and WZ - History of Medicine. Search the INNOPAC library catalog for books on specific topics.

    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)

    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
    Biography
    Classical Article
    Diaries
    Personal Narratives

    Websites
    History Websites from LSUHSC-NO Delicious Account
    Selected statistics links from the LSUHSC Library.
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    Comments, questions, or suggestions contact Maureen M. Knapp
    Created April 2001 by CKB & KEK
    Revised July 2007 by CKB
    Checked September 2009 by DA
    Last updated on September 17, 2009