Invasion of the body : revolutions in surgery / Nicholas L. Tilney.

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011.

358 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Introduction -- 1. Three operations -- 2. The teaching hospital -- 3. Evolution of a profession -- 4. Steps forward and steps backward -- 5. War and peace -- 6. The promise of surgical research -- 7. Operations on the heart -- 8. The mechanical heart -- 9. The transfer of organs -- 10. Making a surgeon, then and now -- 11. Shifting foundations -- 12. Unsolved dilemmas.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-343) and index.