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By Ronald A. Malt. 558 pp., illustrated. Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders, 1993. $200. ISBN 0-7216-1811-1.

In his preface to "The Practice of Surgery," Dr. Ronald A. Malt states that when he began the book in 1983, he "hoped to memorialize the practice of general surgery as it existed before its obvious degeneracy into satrapies of overspecialization." He says that the book covers the operations that a general surgeon at the busiest point of his or her career might perform in a year of practice and that a resident in general surgery should perform in five or more years of training. He thus sets the tone for this book and defines the enormous and challenging task . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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