Surgery, Science and Industry: A Revolution in Fracture Care, 1950s-1990s

(Part of the Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History Series)

by Thomas Schlich

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This book charts the history of the worldwide introduction of an operative treatment method for broken bones, osteosynthesis, by a Swiss-based association, called AO. The success of the close cooperation between the AO's surgeons, scientists and manufacturers in establishing a complicated and risky technique as a standard treatment sheds light on the mechanisms of medical innovation at the crossroads of surgery, science and industry and the nature...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1349431818

ISBN13:9781349431816

Release Date:January 2002

Publisher:Palgrave MacMillan

Length:349 Pages

Weight:1.02 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"

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Surgery, Science and Industry: A Revolution in Fracture Care, 1950s-1990s

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