History of surgery in Rhode Island

Authors
Hopkins, RW Bowen, JR Francis, WW
Citation
Rw. Hopkins et al., History of surgery in Rhode Island, ARCH SURG, 136(4), 2001, pp. 461-466
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,"Medical Research Diagnosis & Treatment
Journal title
ARCHIVES OF SURGERY
ISSN journal
00040010 → ACNP
Volume
136
Issue
4
Year of publication
2001
Pages
461 - 466
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-0010(200104)136:4<461:HOSIRI>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
In 1925, founder John Keefe(1) and in 1974, the late Tom Perry(2) delivered presidential addresses to the New England Surgical Society (NESS) recounti ng the essential happenings of surgery in Rhode Island from its founding to the mid-19th century. We will not repeat the details of those excellent es says, but events from that era must be reviewed to permit an understanding of the course of events since.