Ira Rutkow is a general surgeon and historian of American medicine. He also holds a doctorate of public health from Johns Hopkins University. Among Rutkow's books are several encyclopedic works on surgical history: Surgery: An Illustrated History, named a New York Times Notable Book of the Year; American Surgery: An Illustrated History; and a two-volume bibliography, The History of Surgery in the United States, 1775-1900. He is the author of four books, Seeking the Cure, James A. Garfield, Bleeding Blue and Gray, and Empire of the Scalpel.
This biography was last updated on 03/08/2022.
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