title: Zabdiel Boylston and the earliest published account of an elective surgical operation in colonial America.
authors.forename: Ira M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Rutkow
mesh_terms: D017558:Elective Surgical Procedures / Q000266:history*; D005260:Female; D049670:History, 17th Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014481:United States; D001744:Urinary Bladder Calculi / Q000266:history* / Q000601:surgery