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Luis H. Toledo-Pereyra
Michigan State University
Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies

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ISBN: 978-1-57059-657-5
Pub date: 2005-06-20
169 pages

Table of contents

Introduction

I. Surgery of Old Times

1. Times of Surgery A. Parmeggiani

2. Medicine in Ancient Egypt Ahmed Shafik

3. Ancient India Raman C. Mahabir, Jochen Son Hing, Alda L. Tam
and Alex D. Vastardis

4. Ancient Far East 1 Tarique D. Vastardis

5. Ancient Greece–Pergamum 1 Luis H. Toledo-Pereyra

6. Turkey Atilla Soren, Filiz Aslan and Mükerrem Cete

7. Ancient Mexico Patricio Santillan-Doherty

8. Early America Luis H. Toledo-Pereyra and Suzanne Toledo II. Surgery: Old Masters, Pioneers, and Friends

9. Avicenna (981 A.D. — 1032 A.D.) A. Karim Qayumi

10. Galen (130 A.D. — 1032 A.D.) Luis H. Toledo-Pereyra

11. Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) Luis H. Toledo-Pereyra

12. Ambroise Pare (1510 — 1590) Mahnaz Sherozi

13. Andreas Vesalius (1514-1567) Hossein Shayan

14. John Hunter (1728—1793) Simon Bartley

15. William Shippen, Jr (1736—1808) Luis H. Toledo-Pereyra

16. Benjamin Rush (1746 — 1813) Alexander Horacio Toledo

17. Philip Syng Physick (1768—1837) Luis H. Toledo-Pereyra

18. John Syng Dorsey (1782—1818) Luis H. Toledo-Pereyra

19.William Beaumont (1785—1853) Luis H. Toledo-Pereyra

20. Paul Broca (1824—1880) Scott E. Cowie

21. Joseph Lister (1827-1912) Jason R. Francoeur

22. Theodor Billroth (1829-1894) Herman Kwan, Rod McLaren and Todd Peterson

23. Theodor Kocher (1841-1917) Robin Kennie

24. Charles McBurney (1845 — 1913) Vincent Thien

25. Carl Johann August Langenbuch (1846 — 1901) Maurice Blitz

26. William Stewart Halsted (1852—1922) Luis H. Toledo-Pereyra

27. Harvey Cushing (1869—1939) Luis H. Toledo-Pereyra

28. Marie Joseph Auguste Carrel (1873–1941) Luis H. Toledo-Pereyra

29. Ferdinand Sauerbruch (1875-1951) Sonja Kötting and Susanne Greschus

30. Wilder Penfield (1891-1976) James Brooks, Jonathan Chaney, Dong Wu and Barend Zack

31. Charles Brenton Huggins (1901 — 1997) Luis H. Toledo-Pereyra Section III. Surgery: Anesthesia

32. Founders of Modern Surgery Luis H. Toledo-Pereyra

33. Pioneering Steps in Anesthesia Erik B. Loucks Section IV. Surgery: The Encounter with Transplantation

34. Organ Transplantation: From Myth to Reality Hossein Shayan

35. The Origin and Future of Transplant Surgery Erik B. Loucks

36. The Long Journey to Cardiac Transplantation Janet Fisher and Mark Trump

37. Alexis Carrel — The Man and the Father of Transplantation Luis H. Toledo-PereyraSection V. Other Historical Aspects

38. British Colonial America Luis H. Toledo-Pereyra

39. First American Medical Schools Luis H. Toledo-Pereyra

40. Military Surgery Melissa Chen

41. American Civil War Luis H. Toledo-Pereyra and Horacio Toledo Section VI. Short Editorial Notes

42. The Soul of the Knife Luis H. Toledo-Pereyra

43. The Search for Meaning in Surgery Luis H. Toledo-Pereyra

44. Cushing’s Way Lucretia W. McClure

45. The Ethics of Surgical Research Luis H. Toledo-Pereyra

46. American Research Leadership and Ingenuity Luis H. Toledo-Pereyra

47. Lessons from Thomas Alva Edison

48. Art and Surgery Luis H. Toledo-Pereyra

49. Poetry and Surgery Luis H. Toledo-Pereyra

50. Solitude in the Surgeon’s Life Luis H. Toledo-Pereyra

51. The Invention of the NIH Luis H. Toledo-Pereyra

52. Passion for Surgical Research Luis H. Toledo-Pereyra

53. Intellectual Honesty Luis H. Toledo-Pereyra

Conclusion