Book ID: CBB726748218

Of Life and Limb: Surgical Repair of the Arteries in War and Peace, 1880-1960 (2019)

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Justin Barr (Author)


University of Rochester Press


Publication Date: 2019
Physical Details: 302
Language: English

In 1880, patients suffering from vascular disease faced amputation -- or death. By 1960, a suite of revolutionary techniques and technologies empowered surgeons to remedy aneurysms, mend damaged vessels, and treat arteries cloggedwith cholesterol, saving the lives and limbs of patients around the world.Tracking this remarkable transformation, Of Life and Limb: Surgical Repair of the Arteries in War and Peace, 1880-1960 reveals how social, technological, institutional, and military dynamics interplay to catalyze modern surgical innovation. Author Justin Barr examines each of these phenomena through the complementary perspectives of academic historian andclinical surgeon, marshaling extensive research and incisive analysis into a broadly applicable model that helps frame, illuminate, and forecast change in surgery.

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Review Shelley McKellar (2021) Review of "Of Life and Limb: Surgical Repair of the Arteries in War and Peace, 1880-1960". Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences (pp. 230-232). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Armocida, Emanuele
Varaldo, Emanuela
Zanon, Alessia
Bertoglio, Sergio
Musiani, Elena
P. E. Watkins
Concepts
Medicine
Medicine and the military; medicine in war
Surgery
Surgical techniques
Cardiovascular disease
Orthopedic surgery
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
18th century
21st century
20th century, late
20th century, early
Places
Italy
Great Britain
United Kingdom
Milan (Italy)
England
Bologna (Italy)
Institutions
Royal Army Medical Corps
United States. Army
Royal College of Surgeons, London
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