Surgical Limits : : The Life of Gordon Murray / / Shelley McKellar.
Shelley McKellar's Surgical Limits chronicles the life of one of Canada's most prominent and controversial surgeons, Gordon Murray (1894-1976). McKellar examines candidly and critically the career successes and failures of Gordon Murray, discussing Murray's surgical ingenuity and skil...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter UTP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2015 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016] ©2003 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (272 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: A Surgeon's Life
- 1. Rural Beginnings: The Formation of a Surgeon
- 2. Toronto Appointment: Heparin and Vascular Surgery
- 3. Delivering Miracles: Heart Surgery and an Artificial Kidney Machine
- 4. A Private Laboratory, a Second Artificial Kidney, and New Heart Operations
- 5. A Cure for Cancer? Sera, Vaccines, and the Theory of Immunity
- 6. Making Paraplegics Walk Again: The Spinal Cord Controversy
- 7. Time for Rest: Career Reflections
- Conclusion: Surgical Limits
- Appendix. Dr Gordon Murray's Medical Writings
- Notes
- A Note on Sources
- Index