title: Elements of surgery: America's first systematic treatise on surgery.
authors.forename: Ira M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Rutkow
mesh_terms: D013502:General Surgery / Q000266:history*; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D013782:Textbooks as Topic / Q000266:history*; D014481:United States