Seymour I Schwartz, MD (Rochester, NY), a world-renowned surgeon, is the author of Schwartz's Principles of Surgery, which in its seven editions and translations has sold more than 500,000 copies. Dr. Schwartz is equally renowned as a cartographic historian and is the author of many books on historical maps, including Putting "America" on the Map: The Story of the Most Important Graphic Document in the History of the United States.
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Pre-Columbian & Colonial Times; The Professor & 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 & Progenitor; Victory Over Vessels; Besting the Chest; From One to Another: Organ Transplantation; Smatterings From the Specialties; On the Horizon; Index.