Legends of Surgery

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Legends of Surgery

Por Tyler Rouse
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Episode 113 - Better know an instrument: Potts Scissors

In this episode, we'll meet the person behind the eponymously named scissors, the American...

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Episode 112 - The Ongoing History of Surgery: The World's First Whole Eye Transplant

In this episode, we will cover the recent story of (possibly) the world's first whole eye...

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Episode 111 - The Code of Hammurabi

In this episode, we will explore the history of a nearly 4 millenia old slab of rock which has...

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Episode 110 - The Loch Ness Monster and The Surgeon's Photo

In this episode, we will explore the legend of the Loch Ness Monster, as well as the surgeon...

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Episode 109 - Was Jack the Ripper a surgeon?

In this episode, we will explore the question of the identity of the 19th century serial killer...

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Episode 108 - The Michelangelo of Medicine: Frank Netter and the Atlas of Human Anatomy

In this episode, we will explore the famous 20th century medical illustrator Frank Netter and his...

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Episode 107 - "The Secret"

In this episode, we will meet the Chamberlen family, French Huguenots and barber surgeons/male...

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Episode 106 - From toxin to cure: The story of Botox

Initially recognized as a poison in blood sausage by a German country doctor in the 19th century...

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Episode 105 - Better know an instrument: the Yankauer suction tip

In this episode, we will cover Dr. Sidney Yankauer, a leader in the development of ENT as a...

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Episode 104 - Lamb's Blood, Monkey 'Glands', Pig Kidneys, and More: A Brief History of Xenotransplantation

In this episode, we will trace the history of attempts at transplanting cells, tissues, and...

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Episode 103 - The Story of the Spleen

In this episode, we return to a previous series, looking at the history of different organs in...

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Bonus Episode - The Curious Case of Scarpa's Head

In this bonus suture tale episode, we cover the life and works of the famous Italian surgeon and...

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Episode 102 - Hua T'o and Surgery in Ancient China

In this episode, we cover the legendary figure of Hua T'o, the best known (and one of the few)...

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Episode 101 - Galen, Part 2: His Works

In this episode, we'll take a look at some of the contributions he made in surgery and anatomy,...

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Episode 100 - Galen, Part 1: The Story of his Life

In the 100th episode of Legends of Surgery, we will explore the life of one of medicine and...

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Episode 99 - The History of Transgender Reassignment Surgery

In this episode, we'll cover the history of transgender medicine, with a focus on the development...

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Episode 98 - A Knot of Suture Tales

In this episode, we're going to do something a bit different. I've taken a number of shorter but...

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Bonus Episode - The Bizarre History of Bezoars

In this bonus episode, we cover the long and strange history of the bezoar, a stone that forms in...

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Episode 97 - The History of Blood Transfusions

In this episode, we explore the origins of our understanding of blood and its function, going all...

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Episode 96 - The History of the Esophagectomy

This episode was written by a guest contributor, Harvard student Simar Bajaj. In it, we cover...

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