The History of Cardiothoracic Surgery: From Early Times

by R. Hurt

This is an exceptionally well written, well illustrated, fully referenced history of cardiothoracic surgery from ancient times up to the introduction of open-heart surgery in the 1950s. It also has chapters on the history of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, bronchoscopy, esophagoscopy and thoracoscopy, electrocardiography, cardiac catheterization, angiocardiography, percussion and auscultation, thoracic anesthesia, estimation of blood pressure and temperature,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1850706816
• ISBN13: 9781850706816
• Release Date: August 1996
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 532 Pages
• Weight: 3.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 7.5" x 10.5"