Abstract
Since the middle of the last century, surgeons have shown great courage and enterprise in developing techniques for the resection of carcinoma of the oesophagus — first for growths in the cervical oesophagus, then for growths at the lower end of the oesophagus (by the abdominal route), and finally for growths in the thoracic oesophagus. The history of the development of these techniques may be divided, like Gaul, into three parts.
That which is New at this time will one day be Ancient; as what today is Ancient was once New... it is not Length of Time which can give a value to Things, it is only their own Excellency.
(Belloste, The Hospital Surgeon, 1701)
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Hurt, R.L. (1989). Historical Survey of Surgical Treatment. In: Hurt, R.L. (eds) Management of Oesophageal Carcinoma. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3153-3_1
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