The heart of a surgeon : the life and writings of Horace Gilbert Smithy, M.D., heart surgeon (1914-1948)

The heart of a surgeon : the life and writings of Horace Gilbert Smithy, M.D., heart surgeon (1914-1948) / by John Cantwell Kiley ; introduction by Senator Harry F. Byrd, Jr.

This is the story of a pioneering surgeon who gained nation-wide recognition after performing successful heart-valve operations to remove scar tissues on the heart valves left there by rheumatic fever.--Publisher description.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kiley, John Cantwell
Other Authors: Smithy, Horace Gilbert, 1914-1948
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berryville, Va. : [Privately published], 1984.
Boyce, Va. : Thomas Print. and Pub. Co., 1984.
Subjects:
Smithy, Horace Gilbert, > 1914-1948.
Heart valves > Surgery.
Heart > Surgery.
Rheumatic heart disease.
South Carolina > Physicians > Biography.
Holy Cross Note:Alumna/Alumnus author.
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Call Number: RD27.35.S64 K54 1984
Status: In Library Use

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