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Roger W. Yurt, MD

Arch Surg. 1992;127(1):16-20.

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The topic that I am going to address is specific with regard to specialty, and I do recognize that we have a significant number of nonsurgical members. Of the nonsurgical members, I beg your indulgence; on the other hand, you may wish to use some of what I'm about to say as ammunition in your future interaction with surgeons.

Nolan's book, The Making of a Surgeon, was published in 1968. In that book, he detailed the development of a surgeon primarily from the standpoint of the rigors of surgical residency training. In doing so, Bill Nolan gave us and the public at large a rather narrow view of a surgeon, having passed over the early development and having not gone far enough to examine that evolution beyond a short period of training. His book is not unlike the plethora of movies, Gross Anatomy, etc, that capitalize on detailing the rigors . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Surgery, Cornell University Medical College, New York, NY.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication July 20, 1991.

Presented as the Presidential Address at the Eleventh Annual Surgical Infection Society Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, Fla, April 9, 1991.

Reprint requests to Cornell University Medical College, 525 E 68th St, Room F1919, New York, NY 10021 (Dr Yurt).

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