History of surgery
- mention ancient surgery: trepanning etc.
Although surgeons are now considered to be specialised physicians, the profession of surgeon and that of physician have different historical roots. The first surgeons were battlefield doctors in the Napoleonic Wars who were primarily concerned with amputation. Naval surgeons were often barber-surgeons, who combined surgery with their main jobs as barbers.
Development of modern surgery
- to be written
- mention Ambrose Pare[?]
Noted surgeons:
- Christiaan Barnard
- Norman Bethune (1890-1939), battlefield surgery.
- William deVries
- David Hayes Agnew
- William Jardine
- Walter Karl Koch
- Jacques Rogge
- Sushruta
- George H Tichenor
See also:
- medicine, biomaterial
- General Surgery, plastic surgery, Abdominal surgery, Laparoscopic surgery, Traumatology, Sexual reassignment surgery
- List of surgical procedures
External links:
- WikiMed (http://www.wikiservice.at/wikimed/wiki.cgi?Chirurgie), substantial German wiki about surgery
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