title: Fred W Rankin, MD: a man of medicine during a time of war and change.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY 40536-0298, USA.
authors.forename: Linda C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Combs
authors.forename: Joseph B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Zwischenberger
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D013502:General Surgery / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008887:Military Medicine / Q000266:history*; D014481:United States; D047828:World War I; D047789:World War II