I distinctly remember Neel Datta telling me this story about treves as an R1. Legends Of Surgery In response to Edwards’s outcry of “I have a Coronation on hand,” Treves replied, “It will be a funeral, if you don’t have the operation.”

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#OTD in 1993, at the age of 82, the great irish surgeon and pathologist Denis Burkitt died. In 1958 he described the disease that today bears his name in 38 patients aged 2 to 14 years. #histmed #historiamedica #medicine #medtwitter #cancer #medizin #medicina #science #linfoma

Lister made his famous antisepsis discoveries in ward 24 #gri in 1865. The surgical block opened in 1861. Unbeknown to Lister, it had been built upon a cholera pit with victims buried on top of each other & only a 4ft deep basement separating the ward from decomposing bodies 😳

Mortality rates were high in the wards which smelled putrid. Lister demanded an investigation assuming it was due to a foul drain. Excavation revealed the truth thousands of decomposing bodies. Carbolic acid, quicklime & more earth were applied. Lister wrote abt it in The Lancet

Bruno da Longobucco (1200-1286) was one of the founders of the University of Padua and it’s 1st prof of surgery. He wrote two books on surgery (Chirurgia Magna and Chirurgia Parva), influenced in part by Arabic authors, which were influential for 2 centuries.

The first description of #Trendelenburg's elevated position was given by one of his students, Willy Meyer in 1885. Friedrich Trendelenburg described it in 1890, in his paper on vaginovesical fistula #surgery and has since taken its eponym. #medizin Legends Of Surgery #chirurgia

The term ‘orthopaedic’ was coined in 1741 by French physician Nicolas Andry (1658-1742) from Greek words ortho (straight) and paideia (child), as his book was about non-surgical methods to prevent and correct skeletal deformities in children. The frontispiece is now iconic.

Surgical lessons from the Navy SEALs. How breath control has kept me calm when 💩 hits the fan.

"Antonio Scarpa" hall in Pavia, Italy, depicts the allegory of the harmony between Medicine and Surgery. Medicine (Iatreia) holds the rod of Asclepius while Surgery (Keiroyrghia) holds a scalpel. Legends Of Surgery

Johannes Fatio was the first #surgeon to report a successful separation of conjoined twins, in Basel on 23 November 1689. The twins, Catherine and Elisabeth, were connected at birth between the xiphoid process and the navel. #histmed #historiamedica Legends Of Surgery #surgery

In 1974, Dr. Li Shunqiang developed the no scalpel vasectomy in Chongqing, China, and invented a ringed clamp and dissecting forceps for the technique. In 1985, Dr. Marc Goldstein travelled to China to learn the procedure, then brought it back to North America.

Traditional practice can become outdated. E.g. 1800s the dirtiest, bloodiest surgeons were revered as the best😱 Lister was mocked when he showed hospital gangrene was due to dirt 2023, Lister’s antisepsis theory has saved millions of lives #ArchiveMisconception #Archive30

"La via de cavar la piera" (The road to remove the stone) in Italian Renaissance. #histmed #historiamedica #surgery #chirurgia #lithotomy #MedTwitter #medicine #medicina Legends Of Surgery

#OTD in 1829 Theodor Billroth, a pioneer of modern #surgery, was born. He was responsible for the first esophagectomy in 1871, the first laryngectomy in 1873 and the first removal of gastric #cancer in 1881. #histmed #historiamedica #medicine Legends Of Surgery #chirurgia

American surgeon Walter Ellis Sistrunk (1880-1933) described the “Sistrunk procedure” in 1920, which included removal of a central portion of the hyoid bone AND a core of tissue around the tract in removal of a thyroglosssal duct cyst, dramatically reducing recurrence rates.

The Latin word ‘taxillus’ means ‘a small die or cube’. Roman soldiers used to make their dice from a large bone in the ankle of a horse, leading to the human bone becoming known as the talus.

The word stat is often thought to be an acronym (for example, short turn around time), but rather comes from the Latin word ‘statim’ which means ‘at once’ or ‘immediately’. It was first used in pharmacology, as medications labeled stat were meant to be taken right away.

In the 17th century the making of whisky or 'Aquae Vitae' was a privilege of the Incorporation of Barber Surgeons. This right stopped when the barbers separated from the surgeons in 1722. This whisky still is on loan from Science Museum

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