The History of Endocrine Surgery

Autorentext
R. B. Welbourn, Stanley R. Friesen, Ivan D.A. Johnston, Ronald A. Sellwood

Klappentext
Richard B. Welbourn, a retired endocrine surgeon who has written two books on the subject, has compiled the definitive history of the new and advancing discipline of endocrine surgery. The book traces the history of endocrine surgery from its origins to the 1980s, detailing the stories behind the surgery of each gland. A valuable biographical index containing basic information as well as the ideas and achievements of great names in the field will prove an invaluable resource.

Topics include: Evolution of Endocrine Surgery; The Pituitary; The Thyroid; Thyroid Cancer; The Adrenal Glands; The Parathyroid Glands; The Endocrine Gut and Pancreas; Islet Cell Transplantation; Multiple Endocrine Adenopathy and Paraendocrine Syndromes; Cancer of the Breast and Prostate; Essential and Renal Hypertension; Surgical Stress. The book also includes more than 80 photos and diagrams. A chronological table shows the main events described in the text in their temporal context via milestones in general medicine, surgery and science, and selected major events in political and social history.

Inhalt
Foreword by Oliver H. Beahrs Preface Evolution of Endocrine Surgery The Thyroid The Pituitary The Adrenal Glands The Parathyroid Glands The Endocrine Gut and Pancreas Multiple Endocrine Adenopathy and Paraendocrine Syndromes Various Topics Cancer of the Breast and Prostate by RA Sellwood Essential and Renal Hypertension Surgical Stress Appendix Biographical Index Subject Index

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