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J. A. Pastena
Department of Surgery, St. Mary's Hospital, Waterbury, Conn.
The heritage of women in surgery goes back to the dawn of Western
civilization, to that strip of land lying between the banks of the Tigris
and the Euphrates. This 5500-year history of women surgeons can be divided
into three epochs: ancient history, the Middle Ages, and modern times.
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