hand surgery, 286
Harvey, William
biographical info, 57–58, 59, 61, 78
learning about the heart, lungs, and blood flow, 62–65
at University of Padua, 42
healthcare, paying for, 288–89, 327–28
health insurance
Blue Cross and Blue Shield, 201–2, 207
in Germany, 199
as government-subsidized fringe benefit of workers, 202, 203
helping the elderly, 203
hospital prepayment program for teachers, 200–201
incrementalism plan, 204
Medicaid, 198, 205, 206
“sick benefit fund” for teachers, 200
See also Medicare
heart attack response, 233, 245
heart surgery, 235–46
overview, 243, 245–46, 297–300
angioplasty, 245
cardiac valve disease, 243–44
on children and teens, 236–37, 238–39
coronary artery bypass grafting, 244
development of cardiopulmonary support, 236–38
harvesting a vein to bypass blockage, 244
on newborns, 235–36
postoperative complete heart block, 238–39, 240–41
Heatley, Norman, 133
Hematoxylin & eosin (H&E), 92–93
Henle, Jacob, 109, 113–14
Her (film), 332, 334
Hermundslie, Palmer, 239
hernia repair surgery, 180–81, 303–4
Hill-Burton Hospital Survey and Construction Act (1946), 203
Hilts, Phillip, 214
Hinshaw, Corwin, 138
HIPAA (1996), 225
hip nailing with the Smith-Petersen nail, 6–7
Hippocrates, xi, xiii, xiv–xv, 143
“Hippocratic corpus,” xiv
hip replacement surgery
overview, 217–18, 291–92
BHR, 218
failure of ASR hip and ramifications, 221
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