Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- 1 Technological Change in Surgery: An Introductory Essay
- 2 Inimitable Innovation: Johann Friedrich Dieffenbach and the Renewal of Surgery, 1822–1847
- 3 Defining Difference: Competing Forms of Ovarian Surgery in the Nineteenth Century
- 4 “Making Bad Boys Good”: Brain Surgery and the Juvenile Court in Progressive Era America
- 5 Prosthetic Imaginaries: Spinal Surgery and Innovation from the Patient's Perspective
- 6 Disruptive Potential: The “Landmark” REMATCH Trial, Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) Technology, and the Surgical Treatment of Heart Failure in the United States
- 7 Placebos and the Progress of Surgery
- 8 Surgical Practice and the Reconstruction of the Therapeutic Niche: The Case of Myocardial Revascularization
- Bibliography of Secondary Sources
- List of Contributors
- Index
Frontmatter
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 June 2021
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- 1 Technological Change in Surgery: An Introductory Essay
- 2 Inimitable Innovation: Johann Friedrich Dieffenbach and the Renewal of Surgery, 1822–1847
- 3 Defining Difference: Competing Forms of Ovarian Surgery in the Nineteenth Century
- 4 “Making Bad Boys Good”: Brain Surgery and the Juvenile Court in Progressive Era America
- 5 Prosthetic Imaginaries: Spinal Surgery and Innovation from the Patient's Perspective
- 6 Disruptive Potential: The “Landmark” REMATCH Trial, Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) Technology, and the Surgical Treatment of Heart Failure in the United States
- 7 Placebos and the Progress of Surgery
- 8 Surgical Practice and the Reconstruction of the Therapeutic Niche: The Case of Myocardial Revascularization
- Bibliography of Secondary Sources
- List of Contributors
- Index
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- Technological Change in Modern SurgeryHistorical Perspectives on Innovation, pp. i - ivPublisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2017