Children's Surgery: A Worldwide History - Softcover

Raffensperger M.D., John G.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0786468254 ISBN 13: 9780786468256

Publisher: McFarland & Company, 2012

Synopsis

The history of medicine and surgery is well documented, but this volume offers the first specific exploration of the treatment of and attitudes towards children with injuries and birth defects through the ages. Popular thought holds that children in ancient times with birth defects faced a short life of abandonment or neglect. Examination of written records from ancient Egypt, India, Greece, and Islam, however, shows that physicians and surgeons have attempted to find remedies to cure ailing youths from the beginning of recorded medical history. These essays document the origins of children's surgery, chronicle the history of children's surgery into modern times, and explore the treatment of the most common visceral birth defects. With contributing authors offering perspectives from a variety of cultures, this extraordinary collection will interest not only medical professionals, but also historians and others in the child care field.

About this title

About the Author

The late John G. Raffensperger, M.D. was a pediatric surgeon and the author of numerous books on pediatric surgery.

Edition details

• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0786468254
• ISBN 13: 9780786468256
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 347