The Memoirs of Allen Oldfather Whipple: The Man Behind the Whipple Operation

by Johna Samir

To the abdominal surgeon a first successful Whipple procedure is what a first combat mission is to the fighter pilot: a symbol of competence - the fruits of prolonged training. Not many surgeons have managed to incorporate their names into a commonly used eponym; Allen Whipple did and so became immortalized as a household name to surgeons worldwide. Yet, little has been known and written about Whipple, the great American surgeon - the person and his...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1903378141
• ISBN13: 9781903378144
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: Tfm Publishing
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.2"