Introduction
Technical Change, Practical Stasis: The Development of Arterial Repair through 1914
An Ideal Rarely Practiced: Arterial Repair and its Alternatives from World War I to World War II
Opportunities Realized and Discarded: The Management of Vascular Trauma in World War II
Reshaping Surgical Infrastructure between World War II and the Korean War
An Ideal Implemented: Arterial Repair in the Korean War
Bringing it All Back Home
Examining the history of arterial repair, Of Life and Limb investigates the process of surgical innovation by exploring the social, technological, institutional, and martial dynamics shaping the introduction and adoption ofa new operation.