Table of Contents

Development of Surgery from Early Times. Pioneers in the Emergence of Thoracic Surgery as a Specialty. Examination and Investigation of the Chest. Development of Electrocardiography, Cardiac Catheterization, and Angiocardiography. Discovery of theCirculation of the Blood. Blood Transfusion and Bloodletting. Development of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. Development of Thoracic Anesthesia. Diagnosis and Treatment of Empyema. Treatment of Lung Abscess. Surgical Treatment of Tuberculosis; ofBronchiectasis. Management of Fractured Ribs and Wounds of the Chest. Evolution of the Technique of Lung Resection. Development of Lung Resection Techniques and Tracheal and Bronchial Reconstruction. Benign Stricture of the Esophagus. Resection andIntubation for Carcinoma of the Esophagus. Spontaneous Rupture of the Esophagus. Phryngoesophageal Diverticulum. Achalasia of the Esophagus. Congenital Abnormalities of the Esophagus. The Thymus and Myasthenia Gravis. The Diaphragm-Congenital, Acquiredand Traumatic Hernia. Major Pulmonary Embolism. Intrathoracic Aneurysms. Injuries of the Heart. Surgery of the Pericardium. Congenital Heart Disease. Acquired Heart Disease. Name Index. Subject Index.

Reviews

"outlines the development of surgery with the predominant emphasis on the development of the field of cardiothoracic surgery. It is a longitudinal description that encompasses developments back into the early Egyptian times, up until the present time. It uses the development of each specific disease state as a paradigm for the historic development in the field of cardiothoracic surgery. It nicely encompasses both noncardiac thoracic surgery and cardiac surgery. The book is most complete in its inclusion of the major historic events and people that substantially contributed to the field of cardiothoracic surgery. The purpose is to both inform the reader and to keep the reader interested in a story, and it admirably achieves this purpose. The audience to which this book is addressed should include students, residents, and practitioners in the field of pulmonary medicine, cardiology, and cardiothoracic surgery. The practitioner of cardiothoracic surgery should be particularly interested. This scholarly treatiseshould please the reader in its analysis of each of the disease states specific to the field of cardiothoracic surgery. Its excellence lies in the author's ability to encompass those esoteric features that historically helped cardiothoracic surgery to develop; it should also have practical significance for the practitioner of cardiothoracic surgery, because it gives a broad perspective regarding the evolution and development of the practice of cardiothoracic surgery as done today. This is an extraordinary narrative on the evolution and development of the field of cardiothoracic surgery. It should be part of the library of any practitioner who is serious aboutunderstanding the fieldof cardiothoracic surgery." - Thomas W. Prendergast, MD, University of Kansas Medical Center