title: Edgar J. Poth memorial lecture: the future of general surgery is controlled by surgical megafauna.
authors.affiliation: East Bay Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, Oakland, CA 94602, USA. harkena@surgery.ucsf.edu
authors.forename: Alden H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Harken
mesh_terms: D003468:Cultural Evolution / Q000266:history; D013502:General Surgery / Q000639:trends*; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D049691:History, Medieval; D006801:Humans; D010684:Philosophy / Q000266:history*; D013043:Specialties, Surgical / Q000639:trends