title: The past is prologue: surgeons then and now.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Institute for Social and Policy Studies, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Nuland
mesh_terms: D002321:Career Choice; D013502:General Surgery / Q000266:history*; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049691:History, Medieval; D006801:Humans