title: Presidential address: Southern Surgical Association: surgical science in the Southern.
authors.forename: Courtney M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Townsend
mesh_terms: D013505:Digestive System Surgical Procedures; D013502:General Surgery / Q000266:history*; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D012955:Societies, Medical; D015144:Southeastern United States; D015206:Southwestern United States