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

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 of modern medicine in general.

Author: John V. Pickstone, T. Schlich
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 06/19/2002
Pages: 349
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.47lbs
Size: 8.30h x 6.30w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780333993057

About the Author
THOMAS SCHLICH is a Medical Historian with a double qualification in history and medicine. He has published widely on history of nineteenth and twentieth century science and medicine. He is the author of books on the history of organ transplantation and the ethical, legal and cultural problems connected with transplant medicine.

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