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“We can measure the attainments of the past but we can never measure the inevitable advances of the future.” So wrote Allen O. Whipple,(1) in his Evolution of Surgery in the United States, paraphrasing George Sarton, the Belgian-born scholar of the history of science.
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A. O. Whipple, 1963. The Evolution of Surgery in the United States. Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas
R. Leriche, 1940. La Chirurgie d l’Ordre de la Vie [Surgery in accordance with life]. Paris-Aix-lesBains: Zeluck.
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Howard, J.M., Hess, W. (2002). The Lessons of History and Their Application to the Future. In: History of the Pancreas: Mysteries of a Hidden Organ. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0555-6_13
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