@SurgeryLegends

The podcast that tells the stories of the people and events that make up the history of modern surgery.

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#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 @SurgeryLegends #chirurgia
The "Theodor Billroth Operating" painting by Adalbert Seligmann (1890?) shows the german surgeon Theodor Billroth operating in the auditorium of Vienna General Hospital (Allgemeine Krankenhaus).

ALT The "Theodor Billroth Operating" painting by Adalbert Seligmann (1890?) shows the german surgeon Theodor Billroth operating in the auditorium of Vienna General Hospital (Allgemeine Krankenhaus).

Christian Albert Theodor Billroth (26 April 1829, Bergen auf Rügen, Pomerania, Prussia - 6 February 1894, Opatija, Austrian Littoral, Austria-Hungary)

ALT Christian Albert Theodor Billroth (26 April 1829, Bergen auf Rügen, Pomerania, Prussia - 6 February 1894, Opatija, Austrian Littoral, Austria-Hungary)

Diagram of the first stomach cancer removal surgery performed by Theodor Billroth in 1881.

ALT Diagram of the first stomach cancer removal surgery performed by Theodor Billroth in 1881.

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"La via de cavar la piera" (The road to remove the stone) in Italian Renaissance. #histmed #historiamedica #surgery #chirurgia #lithotomy #MedTwitter #medicine #medicina @SurgeryLegends
CSMBR@csmbr_pisa19 Apr 2023
Gruesome Medicine Series 12: Removal of a Kidney Stone from an Unsedated Patient ("La Via de Cavar la Piera"), Italy, 1560 Ms no. 1928,0310.94.1-205 (Ex Sloane 5281), f. 148r, British Museum, London
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Traditional practice can become outdated.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
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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 @SurgeryLegends #surgery
Johannes Fatio (1649-1691)

ALT Johannes Fatio (1649-1691)

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Adi Kumar
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Surgical lessons from the Navy SEALs. How breath control has kept me calm when 💩 hits the fan.
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"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. @SurgeryLegends
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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 @SurgeryLegends #chirurgia
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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 @TheLancet
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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 😳
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I distinctly remember Neel Datta telling me this story about treves as an R1. @SurgeryLegends 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.”
Medicine's Bizarre History@FaisalGhani_23 Mar 2023
BLOODLESS FOLD OF TREVES A flange of mesentery at the antimesenteric side of ileum proximal to the ileocaecal valve. It was discovered by Sir Fredrick Treves (1853–1923), surgeon at the London Hospital, and renowned also for operating on King Edward VII for appendicitis.
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MRCSontheMove@MoveMRCS23 Mar 2023
Next episode check out 'Extra bits on Valvular disease " podcasters.spotify.com/pod/s… @Pastest @teachmesurgery @nsts_ed @ACCinTouch @RCSEd @SurgeryLegends @CSTHubUK @coresurgery @ASiTofficial

Extra bits on Valvular disease by MRCS on the Move: Bowels, Bones and Backseat Vivas

An episode I hope compliments our Aortic stenosis episode. Here we cover Aortic Regurg, Mitral stenosis and regurg. Follow the Link below to find us on all the platforms: https://linktr.ee/MRCSonth...

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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
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1/10 156 years ago @TheLancet published Joseph Lister’s #antisepsis theory 🦠Contamination causes infection 🦠Decontamination prevents it 🦠Basis of infection control 🦠Principles made surgery safe 🦠Saved thousands of lives Discovered at #gri 1861-1869 📸3 @ExploreWellcome
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THE LINE! The White Line of Hilton, a palpable groove between internal & external anal sphincters, is named for British surgeon, John Hilton (1805-1878).
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✨"Surgery is clearly far from just a science or a profession; it is an art."✨ @StephCohenMD, surgery resident @BIDMCSurgery discusses the inspiration behind her art in the most recent American Osler Newsletter! ⬇️
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In 1955 Robert M. Zollinger and Edwin H. Ellison, #surgeons at Ohio State University, first postulated the relationship between peptic ulcers and pancreatic tumors. #histmed #medicine #historiamedica #surgery @SurgeryLegends #chirurgia #medizin #medicina #medtwitter #storia
Robert Milton Zollinger (September 4, 1903 – June 12, 1992) and Edwin H. Ellison (September 4, 1918 – April 29, 1970)

ALT Robert Milton Zollinger (September 4, 1903 – June 12, 1992) and Edwin H. Ellison (September 4, 1918 – April 29, 1970)

The image, taken from Zollinger and Ellison's seminal article, is a schematic representation of the clinical course of a case they followed, a 36-year-old woman, including sites of recurrent ulcerations and operative procedures through total gastrectomy. The last diagram, number 12 is taken from the autopsy.

ALT The image, taken from Zollinger and Ellison's seminal article, is a schematic representation of the clinical course of a case they followed, a 36-year-old woman, including sites of recurrent ulcerations and operative procedures through total gastrectomy. The last diagram, number 12 is taken from the autopsy.

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“Nerve of Galli-Curci” Damage to Ext branch of Sup Laryngeal nerve responsible for high pitch, brought an end to singing career of one of greatest soprano Amelita Galli Curci. EBSLN also needs to saved in all thyroid surgeries, in addition to RLN! #MedTwitter @SurgeryLegends
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A.J. Wright@AJWrightMLS28 Jan 2023
1847 Jan 28: John Snow began to use ether at St George's Hospital in London bit.ly/MnOUTh #histmed Because of his study of ether & chloroform dosages & safety & the Soho cholera epidemic in 1854, he is an important figure in both anesthesia & epidemiology
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Normann Barrett (1903-1979) was the first to coin the term "gastroesophageal reflux" to indicate the abnormal reflux of acidic material from the stomach into the esophagus and was the first to describe the esophageal columnar metaplasia that bears his name. #histmed #MedTwitter
Photograph of Normann Rupert Barrett on the title page of an article he published in 1957.

ALT Photograph of Normann Rupert Barrett on the title page of an article he published in 1957.

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