Gifted hands : America's most significant contributions to surgery / Seymour I. Schwartz.

Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2009.

259 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm

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.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-237) and indexes.