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in 1868, the american dentist WTG Morton died. in 1846 discovered that the effects of could be applied to giving rise to modern practice.

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2020-07-16

was born in 1801 Johannes P. He made contributions in numerous domains of in particular increasing understanding of the voice, speech and hearing, as well as the chemical and physical properties of lymph, chyle and

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2020-07-14

In Leopold's maneuvers are a common and systematic way to determine the position of a inside the they are named after the german Christian G. Leopold, who described them in 1894.

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2020-07-14

Using a sensitive the italian physicist Carlo (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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2020-07-13

was born in 1849 William master of at . He lent his name to a number of signs and symptoms, as well as to a number of buildings that have been named for him.

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2020-07-12

Today’s Vintage Book Cover: Via Uh, oh, can romance be involved here? I haven't found anything on author
Ann Beverley. Published 1950

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2020-07-08

(New Book) Appetite and Its Discontents: Science, Medicine, and the Urge to Eat, 1750-1950 https://t.co/RVK62RgU1B

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2020-07-08

To overcome urethral obstructions caused by venereal the french Pierre-Jules Béniqué (1806-1851), author of numerous studies around the narrowing of the devised urethral sticks of increasing diameter.

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2020-07-04

Robert Gross, a superstar of cardiac was born in 1905. performed the first closure of a "patent ductus in in 1938 and the first surgical repair of a "vascular ring" in 1945.

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2020-07-02

Excision of Scar and Reattachment of Inner Canthus by Mildred G. Burrage (August 1945)

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2020-06-27

It's & we're reminding you of the docs carried a vademecum or 'Go-with-me' book of diagnoses and a urine chart. If your wee looks anything like bottom right on the urine wheel, seek help!

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2020-06-23

Anatomy and physiology are most important disciplines to a surgeon. By the middle of the 18th century, dissection of the dead had become central to surgical education. Continue reading about the Resurrection Men in our blog here 👉https://t.co/3htsiZMv9y

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2020-06-17

This beautiful but shocking illustration showing a brain aneurysm, is by medical artist Dorothy Davison. From 1918 - 1957 she worked at illustrating books and scientific papers mainly for neurosurgeon Geoffrey Jefferson.

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2020-06-13

What do a willow tree and a bottle of aspirin have in common? Quite a lot, as it turns out! Willow is rich in the pain reliever salicylic acid, a close cousin to aspirin. There are records of willow bark and leaves being used to soothe pain as far back as ancient Egypt.

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2020-06-12

[1/3]The are here! Do you know anything about snail water? In 1703, the Hospital appointed royal physician Richard Mead. He regularly published herbal preparations, including Snail Water for venereal disease. Portrait

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2020-06-01

Jean-Baptiste Marc (1797-1849) was a french and anatomist. Within 20 years, along with the artist Nicolas Henri he created the comprehensive textbook "Traité complet de l’#anatomie de l’homme".

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2020-05-28

was a developing science in the 18th c. This is the time when men began to practice as more general midwives, much to the offence of many contemporaries who saw it as unnatural. Learn more about one of them here 👉 https://t.co/VZErpfqAOB

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2020-05-27

Kathleen (1907?-1966) was the first researcher to identify in human Working at the Runwell Hospital outside she identified the presence of dopamine by paper chromatography. Her research was published in August 1957.

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2020-05-27