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Surgery, Science and Industry
John V. . Ed(S): Pickstone
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Paperback. Editor(s): Pickstone, John V. Series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History. Num Pages: 349 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; MBX; PDX; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
This book charts the history of the worldwide introduction of an operative treatment method for broken bones, osteosynthesis, by a Swiss-based association, called AO. The success of the close cooperation between the AO's surgeons, scientists and manufacturers in establishing a complicated and risky technique as a standard treatment sheds light on the mechanisms of medical innovation at the crossroads of surgery, science and industry and the nature of modern medicine in general.
This book charts the history of the worldwide introduction of an operative treatment method for broken bones, osteosynthesis, by a Swiss-based association, called AO. The success of the close cooperation between the AO's surgeons, scientists and manufacturers in establishing a complicated and risky technique as a standard treatment sheds light on the mechanisms of medical innovation at the crossroads of surgery, science and industry and the nature of modern medicine in general.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
349
Condition
New
Series
Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History
Number of Pages
349
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349431816
SKU
V9781349431816
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99-15
About John V. . Ed(S): Pickstone
THOMAS SCHLICH is a Medical Historian with a double qualification in history and medicine. He has published widely on history of nineteenth and twentieth century science and medicine. He is the author of books on the history of organ transplantation and the ethical, legal and cultural problems connected with transplant medicine.
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