Surgical papers
By: by William Stewart Halsted ...
Contributors: Burket, Walter C. b. 1888, ed.
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins Press
Published: 1924
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Subjects: Surgery
Description: Halsted never wrote books so these papers remain his lasting monument. He developed the modern system of residency training and was the greatest of all surgical innovators and teachers. He was the first to use rubber gloves in surgery. He became addicted to cocaine hydrochlorate while experimenting with it as a surgical anaesthetic in 1884.
Notes: Contains bibliographies.
"Papers and addresses ... published as a memorial ... by his associates and pupils." Editor's note signed: Walter C. Burket.
Bibliography of William S. Halsted: v. 2, p. 530-563.