title: Philip Syng Physick: father of American surgery.
authors.affiliation: Michigan State University, Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies, Borgess Research Institute, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA.
authors.forename: Luis H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Toledo-Pereyra
mesh_terms: D013502:General Surgery / Q000266:history*; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D014481:United States