Pre-Columbian and colonial times
The professor and the pioneer
The beginning of clinical experimentation : birth of a specialty
Focus on females
The death of pain
Two prime targets
Two oft-forgotten contributions
Prodigy and progenitor
Victory over vessels
Besting the chest
From one to another : organ transplantation
Smatterings from the specialties
Enabling expansion.
Gifted hands : America's most significant contributions to surgery by Seymour I. Schwartz. ISBN 9781591026839. Published by Prometheus in 2009. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.