Stitches in Time

This book deals with the history of surgery in PapuaNew Guinea from the early 1800s until the beginning of the21st Century. It spans the period from the first Europeancontact to the emergence of highly educated sub-specialistnational surgeons. It tells the story from the first impressions of ships surgeons to the introduction and development of surgery. Between 1870 and 1950 the country and the li...