''Schwartz's Principles of Surgery '' is a seminal
textbook
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of
surgery
Surgery ''cheirourgikē'' (composed of χείρ, "hand", and ἔργον, "work"), via la, chirurgiae, meaning "hand work". is a medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a person to investigate or treat a pat ...
originally written by
Seymour Schwartz, MD. The first edition was published in 1969 by the
McGraw-Hill
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. Latest edition has published in 2019 as the 11th edition in textbook's 50th anniversary. Publication years, from newest to the oldest editions, are 2019, 2015, 2010, 2005, 1999, 1994, 1989, 1984, 1979, 1974, 1969. It is one of the main textbooks for medical students
and junior surgical residents.
Contents
Its ninth edition has 48 chapters.
References
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