New Book Introduces Great Historical Surgeon to Readers for the First
Time in English

SAN FRANCISCO, April 12, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Only a few modern authors
of surgical history in English have touched Pierre Franco, one of the
world's greatest surgeons in history. Even until now, Franco's
achievements in the field of medicine and history remain unknown to
readers of English. In his quest to give readers an in-depth focus at
the life and times of the great surgeon, author Leonard D. Rosenman,
M.D., presents his translation of the French Edition of the book The
Surgery Of Pierre Franco.


Readers will discover that Franco was one of three great surgeons of
the 16th century. All three of them learned their skills as
apprentices to other lay surgeons and barber surgeons in civil
practice and on the battlefields. Franco was skilled in the treatments
for hernias, bladder stones, cataracts and complicated obstetrics. His
descriptions are meticulous and complete. What makes this book
interesting is its in-depth research on the famed surgeon as well as
details behind his techniques, all of which are presented in English
for the first time ever.

The Surgery Of Pierre Franco will fascinate readers who are interested
in medical history, surgical education and French history. For your
reading and research needs, be sure to get a copy of The Surgery Of
Pierre Franco online at Xlibris.com today.

About the Author

Dr. Rosenman is a retired surgeon and professor of surgery in San
Francisco, California. He has provided English translations of seven
of the eight seminal treatises written between 1170 and 1330 A.D.
which reintroduced the art into Europe before the epoch of the Great
Plague. With this translation of a treatise by one of three great
surgeons of the 16th century, we can see how the art of practical
surgery came to be dominated by the barber-surgeons while the
academics of medicine and surgery were wasting their energies in
battles for turf.



The Surgery Of Pierre Franco -- by Leonard D. Rosenman, M.D.
An English Translation
Publication Date: March 1, 2006
Trade Paperback; $28.99; 655 pages; 1-59926-388-2
Cloth Hardback; $38.99; 655 pages; 1-59926-389-0

To request a complimentary paperback review copy, contact the
publisher at (888) 795-4274 x. 472. Tearsheets may be sent by regular
or electronic mail to Marketing Services. To purchase copies of the
book for resale, please fax Xlibris at (610) 915-0294 or call (888)
795-4274 x.876.

Xlibris books can be purchased in any major bookstore, or online at
Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Borders or Xlibris. For more information,
contact Xlibris at (888) 795-4274 or on the web at www.Xlibris.com.