Photo of antique surgical instruments courtesy 123rf.com
Surgeon Bernard Heine invented the chainsaw in 1830 to use in orthopedic surgery and brain surgery. For more information click here and click here. What did you learn today?
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Wednesday, June 20, 2012
The Surgeon's Chainsaw
Photo of antique surgical instruments courtesy 123rf.com
Surgeon Bernard Heine invented the chainsaw in 1830 to use in orthopedic surgery and brain surgery. For more information click here and click here. What did you learn today?
Friday, March 30, 2012
Anesthesia Anniversary
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Inhaled ether officially began being used as anesthesia in surgery after William T. G. Morton demonstrated its use at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston on this day in 1846. For more information click here.
What did you learn today?
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