RT Book, Section
A1 Schwartz, Seymour I.
A2 Brunicardi, F. Charles
A2 Andersen, Dana K.
A2 Billiar, Timothy R.
A2 Dunn, David L.
A2 Kao, Lillian S.
A2 Hunter, John G.
A2 Matthews, Jeffrey B.
A2 Pollock, Raphael E.
SR Print(0)
ID 1175835272
T1 Principles of Surgery: Redux and Reconsideration
T2 Schwartz's Principles of Surgery, 11e
YR 2019
FD 2019
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259835353
LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1175835272
RD 2024/04/19
AB One  of  the  luxuries  of  longevity  is  increased  leisure  time  that  creates  the  opportunity  for  reflection.  Recent  personal  reflection  brings  to  mind  that,  shortly,  almost  a  half  century  will  have  passed  since  the  publication  of  the  first  edition  of  Principles  of  Surgery.  In  that  initial  iteration  of  the  textbook,  which  has  been  updated  periodically  and  maintains  its  popularity,  many  scientific  facts  and  definitive  protocols  for  management  of  medical  disorders  were  presented.  Prior  to  that  publication,  it  had  been  stressed  that  the  appearance  of  a  statement  in  print  does  not  assure  immutability  or  absolute  truth.  C.  Sidney  Burwell,  Professor  of  Medicine  at  Vanderbilt  stated,  “My  students  are  dismayed  when  I  say  to  them,  ‘Half  of  what  you  are  taught  as  medical  students  will  in  ten  years  have  been  shown  to  be  wrong,  and  the  trouble  is,  none  of  your  teachers  knows  which  half.’”  The  stated  truism  persists.