title: Contributions of Public Hospitals to Surgery in the United States.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY. Electronic address: stains@mail.amc.edu.
authors.forename: Steven C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Stain
mesh_terms: D013502:General Surgery / Q000266:history* / Q000639:trends; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006779:Hospitals, Public / Q000266:history* / Q000639:trends; D014481:United States