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By Stephen Westaby, with Cecil Bosher. 683 pp., illustrated. Oxford, England, Isis Medical Media, 1997. (Distributed by Mosby, St. Louis.) $150. ISBN 1-899066-54-3.

The development of extracorporeal circulation and the ability to perform surgery on the human heart is one of the greatest achievements of medical science in the 20th century. The extraordinary efforts related to the development of these highest forms of technology that we now enjoy are detailed in this book about the history of cardiac surgery by one of the leading cardiac surgeons in the United Kingdom. The book is interesting, and its approach differs somewhat from the usual historical treatments of medical topics. The method of presentation is personal and in many instances constitutes a behind-the-scenes approach filled with . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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