Heart and Scalpel

A very readable description of how the surgeon has battled against entrenched attitudes and beliefs to achieve what is now almost a routine operation. There were exciting years - for instance when cooling first allowed the surgeon to operate within a motionless heart and of course the lead up to transplants and bypasses.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Richardson
• Publisher: Quiller Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2001
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 230 mm x 32 mm
• Weight: 753 g
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General