Abstract
This is the last of five manuscripts reviewing the historical origins of some of the more commonly used surgical instruments and takes "time out" to remind current surgeons about the surgical pioneers on whose shoulders they now stand and whose inventions they now use.
Publication types
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Biography
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Historical Article
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Portrait
MeSH terms
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Hemostasis, Surgical / history*
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Hemostasis, Surgical / instrumentation
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History, 19th Century
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History, 20th Century
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Surgical Instruments / history*
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Switzerland
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United States
Personal name as subject
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William Stewart Halsted
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George Washington Crile
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Emil Theodor Kocher
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Howard Atwood Kelly
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Oscar Huntington Allis