title: Our surgical heritage. Westward expansion and the 13 colonies.
authors.affiliation: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA.
authors.forename: G F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Sheldon
mesh_terms: D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D004501:Education, Medical; D013502:General Surgery / Q000266:history*; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006761:Hospitals / Q000266:history; D008396:Maryland; D008404:Massachusetts; D010414:Pennsylvania; D012577:Schools, Medical / Q000266:history; D012606:Scotland / Q000208:ethnology; D014195:Travel; D014481:United States