Principles of Surgical Practice
Publisher: Greenwich Medical Media
Published: December 15, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9781841100197
Subjects: Surgery; Medical / Nursing; Medical; Surgery - General; Medical / Surgery / General; Cardiology; Surgery - Vascular
First sentence: Lister was the first surgeon to introduce the concept of hand antisepsis when he poured carbolic acid over his hands prior to surgery and as result dramatically reduced the incidence of surgical sepsis.