TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Chapter 1. A Focused History of Surgery
A1  - Schwartz, Seymour I.
A2  - Zinner, Michael J.
A2  - Ashley, Stanley W.
Y1  - 2013
N1  - 
T2  - Maingot's Abdominal Operations, 12e
AB  - The  word  surgery  derives  from  the  French  term  “chirurgien,”  which  came  from  the  Latin  and  in  turn  from  the  Greek  words  “cheir,”  meaning  “hand”  and  “ergon,”  meaning  work.  Surgery  has  a  long  history  beginning  with  what  is  said  to  be  the  earliest  scientific  document  known,  The  Edwin  Smith  Surgical  Papyrus,  dating  from  the  17th  century  before  Christ,  actually  a  copy  of  an  Egyptian  manuscript  originally  written  circa  3000–2500  bc.  The  document  deals  with  a  variety  of  wounds  and  cauterization  for  breast  cancer.  No  intraperitoneal  operation  is  mentioned.  
SN  - 
PB  - The McGraw-Hill Companies
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/18
UR  - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57005001
ER  -