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Selected Historical Perspectives on the Evolution of Surgical Science

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Surgical Research

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Over the years, advances in surgery have been made through observation, experimentation, innovation, application, and … serendipity. The continual development of new information in surgery has maintained the vibrancy of our science and specialty. Although the history of surgery is lengthy, the evolution of the scientific approach is relatively brief, spanning just over 250 years. Surgeons have always been on the leading edge of science and have served as a wellspring for new ideas.

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  1. W. R. Chitwood Jr.
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Surgery, University of Cologne, Ostmerheimer Strasse 200, D-51109, Cologne, Germany

    H. Troidl

  2. Joint Centre for Bioethics, and The Toronto Hospital, University of Toronto, 200 Elizabeth Street EN 10-230, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2C4, Canada

    M. F. McKneally

  3. Department of Surgery, McGill University, Montreal General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3G 1A4

    D. S. Mulder

  4. Department of Surgery, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, 23298-0645, USA

    A. S. Wechsler

  5. Department of Anaesthesia, Harvard University, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 02114-2696, USA

    B. McPeek

  6. Genentech, Inc., 460 Point San Bruno Boulevard, South San Francisco, California, 94080-4990, USA

    W. O. Spitzer

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Chitwood, W.R., Sabiston, D.C. (1998). Selected Historical Perspectives on the Evolution of Surgical Science. In: Troidl, H., McKneally, M.F., Mulder, D.S., Wechsler, A.S., McPeek, B., Spitzer, W.O. (eds) Surgical Research. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1888-3_4

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