William stewart Halsted (1852-1922): Father of American surgery

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 530-531

  Tan, S Y ^a   Uyehara, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; MORPHINE;

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BRONCHITIS; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; DEATH; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; EDUCATION PROGRAM; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HERNIA; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MORPHINE ADDICTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PNEUMONIA; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SURGEON; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL GLOVE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; SUTURING METHOD; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

GENERAL SURGERY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY; PHILATELY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956194329     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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