title: Surgery in a rural area: 1638-1868. Presidential address.
mesh_terms: D004501:Education, Medical / Q000266:history; D005251:Fees, Medical / Q000266:history; D013502:General Surgery / Q000266:history* / Q000379:methods; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006761:Hospitals / Q000266:history; D008007:Licensure, Medical / Q000266:history; D012237:Rhode Island; D012423:Rural Health / Q000266:history*; D012955:Societies, Medical / Q000266:history