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Lecture 1 Historical Aspects of Surgery (Core)
Lecture 1 Historical Aspects of Surgery (Core)
Lecture 1 Historical Aspects of Surgery (Core)
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Ancient India has a rich medical history. Ancient physicians described more than
100 surgical instruments, including scalpels, lancets, scarifies, saws, trocars and
needles. They used maggot therapy (fly larva) to treat wounds, successfully
performed cesarean sections, tooth extractions, etc. Widely renowned for skills in
plastic surgery, introduction of skin pedicled flaps, etc.
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900-800 BC. From the Homeric poems, the Illiad and the Odyssey
that was written roughly 800-700 B.C. (tells about Troy war ) is given
realistic description of battle wounds, arrow and slingshot injuries
and their treatment, etc. At the picture Hector treats Potrocl
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Former Immobilization was usually done using wooden boards. 18511855 Flemish surgeon Matise invented plaster cast. Since those time
the modern type has not gain a lot of differences.
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Kocher sign
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Organ transplantation.
Alexis Carrel at period of 1902 till 1912 overcame the problem of
blood supply of transplanted organ. New method of blood vessels
reconnection by means of end-to-end suture was proposed by
Carrel. In honor to that he was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1912.
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A cariopulmonary
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