Heart and Scalpel

by Robert Richardson

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A very readable description of how the surgeon has battled against entrenched attitudes and beliefs to achieve what is now almost a routine operation. There were exciting years - for instance when cooling first allowed the surgeon to operate within a motionless heart and of course the lead up to transplants and bypasses.… (more)

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A very readable description of how the surgeon has battled against entrenched attitudes and beliefs to achieve what is now almost a routine operation. There were exciting years - for instance when cooling first allowed the surgeon to operate within a motionless heart and of course the lead up to transplants and bypasses.

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