Principles & Practice of Geriatric Surgery
Contributors: Ronnie A. Rosenthal (Editor); Michael E. Zenilman (Editor); M.R. Katlic (Editor)
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: January 15, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 1098
ISBN-13: 9780387983936
Subjects: Geriatric medicine; Surgery; Geriatrics; Medical / Nursing; Medical; Gerontology; Surgery - General; Medical / Surgery / General; Aged; Older people; Surgery, Operative; Surgical Procedures, Operative
First sentence: It seems strange that after performing the miracles that take us from conception to birth and then sexual maturation and adulthood nature was unable to devise what would seem to be a more elementary mechanism that would simply maintain those earlier miracles forever.