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The word "#hernia" comes from the Greek "ἔρνος" (èrnos) and means "sprout". Before the introduction of the surgical repair technique by Edoardo Bassini in 1884, inguinal hernias were treated only with the application of belts.
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Images of surgical #anatomy of #strabismus taken from the "Traitè complet de l'#anatomie de l'#homme comprendant l'anatomie chiururgicale" of J. #Bourgery e C. #Bernard (1866).
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#OTD, in 1868, the american dentist WTG Morton died. #Morton in 1846 discovered that the effects of #ether #narcosis could be applied to #surgery, giving rise to modern #anesthesiology practice.
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In #obstetrics, Leopold's maneuvers are a common and systematic way to determine the position of a #fetus inside the #woman's #uterus; they are named after the german #gynecologist Christian G. Leopold, who described them in 1894.
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Using a sensitive #galvanometer, the italian physicist Carlo #Matteucci (1811-1868) was able to prove that injured excitable biological tissues generated direct electrical currents, and that they could be summed up by adding elements in series.
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#OTD was born in 1849 William #Osler, master of #medicine at @HopkinsMedicine. He lent his name to a number of #diseases, signs and symptoms, as well as to a number of buildings that have been named for him.
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