Author : T. Schlich
Release : 2016-01-22
Genre : Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 28X/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Surgery, Science and Industry by : T. Schlich
Download or read book Surgery, Science and Industry written by T. Schlich. This book was released on 2016-01-22. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.