Cardiac classics. A collection of classic works on the heart and circulation with comprehensive biographic accounts of the authors.

Covers the literature up to 1912. Reprinted in 2 vols, as Classics of cardiology, New York, Dover, 1961. Reprinted again, with volume 3 by John A. Callahan, Thomas E. Keys & Jack E. Key, Malabar, Florida, Krieger, 1983. Volume 4 by John A. Callahan, Dwight C. McGoon, and Jack D. Key, Malabar, Krieger, 1989. Vol. 3 covers literature from 1912 to 1955 in a style similar to the first 2 vols. Vol. 4 in 2 pts. covers material published up to 1975, with an abbreviated commentary. Part 1 of Vol. 4 covers cardiac surgery; part 2 covers cardiology.