title: Part II. Europe and surgery from AD 1500 to 1800; the modern world is shaped.
abstract: 'The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you can see. WINSTON CHURCHILL.
authors.affiliation: Southampton University Hospitals, UK.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Rew
mesh_terms: D005060:Europe; D013502:General Surgery / Q000266:history; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D006801:Humans