Books and videos are a good place to start...

Essentials of General Surgery  RD 31 .E737 2005
The Evolution of Surgical Instruments  REF. RD 71 .K53 2006
Instrumentation for the Operating Room: A Photographic Manual REF.  RD71 .B76 2007
Surgery: An Illustrated History REF. RD 19 .R88 1993
Surgery Instruments: A Pocket Guide  REF.  RD71 .W45 2006
Surgical Technology for the Surgical Technologist: A Positive Care Approach RD 32.3 .S866 2008
Thomson Delmar Learning's Surgical Technology Skills & Procedures DVD Series  RD 23.3 T46 2006 V. 1-6
Year Book of Surgery REF. RD 9 .Y4
Zollinger's Atlas of Surgical Operations  REF. RD41 .Z86 2003

Library catalog: UNICORN
        Suggested subject terms: surgery, surgical instruments, operations

Full text books online: eBooks

Online Encyclopedias

SCC History of Surgery Handout

Gale Database (journal, magazine and newspaper articles)
Health Sciences Databases (journal, magazine, newspaper and reference book articles)
Career and Technical (journal and magazine articles)

MLA Format...

Spartanburg Community College Library General Health Websites Handout
http://library.sccsc.edu/handouts/genhealth.htm

Spartanburg Community College's Surgical Technology Web (Library Online Reserves)
http://library.sccsc.edu/surgtech/

Association of Surgical Technologists web site
http://www.ast.org

LUMEN: Structure of the Human Body (Loyola University Medical Center) Cross sectional analysis of human body
http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/meded/grossanatomy/ga.html

National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting
http://www.lcc-st.org

Online Atlas of Surgery
Concise description of surgical technique including instrumentation, positioning, room set up, anatomy, dissection and repair. From Bowman Gray School of Medicine at Wake Forest University
http://www.bgsm.edu/surg-sci/atlas/atlas.html

YourSurgery.com
Provides a comprehensive library of surgical procedures written by surgeons and presented in an easy to understand format.
http://www.yoursurgery.com

 

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