Although the process of deciphering the quipu system is still just beginning, scholars surmise (at least) that information is stored in cord color, cord length, knot type, knot location, and cord twist direction.
National Salary Statistics. According to a 2011 salary survey conducted by Medscape, general surgeons practicing in the United States earned an average of $265,000. About 19 percent of general surgeons reported annual incomes of less than $100,000, and 15 percent of general surgeons earned between $100,000 and $200,000.
The average salary for general surgeons in other first-world countries are only slightly less than those offered by the United States. Canadian general surgeons can expect an average annual income of about C$278,000. Australian general surgeons will see slightly less income, at A$207,000 annually on average.his means that the median annual general surgeon salary is about $341,500, or $164 an hour. This is a hefty sum of money, and one normal to top physicians working in the medical fields. The top 10th percentile of general surgeons will bring home at least $461,000, or $222 every hour, sometimes more.