title: The history of parathyroid surgery, 1850-1996: the Excelsior Surgical Society 1998 Edward D Churchill Lecture.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of California Davis, Oakland 94602, USA.
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Organ
mesh_terms: D001317:Austria; D013502:General Surgery / Q000266:history; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D006961:Hyperparathyroidism / Q000266:history* / Q000601:surgery; D010280:Parathyroid Glands / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology / Q000601:surgery*; D016105:Parathyroidectomy / Q000266:history*; D012955:Societies, Medical / Q000266:history; D014481:United States