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Surgeon Proverbs : World Proverbs
37 words, approx. 1 pages A good surgeon has an eagle’s eye, a lion’s heart, and a lady’s hand. (English) A good surgeon must have soft words and a firm hand. (Spanish) Call not a surgeon before you are wounded....
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Surgery in the 1700s Summary
3,271 words, approx. 11 pages Surgery has a long history in the healing arts. Its history dates back thousands of years to the great seats of early civilization in Athens, Rome, and Alexandria. However, amputations and invasive wound-healing procedures can even be traced to Upper...
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Advancements in Surgery Summary
2,045 words, approx. 7 pages During the Renaissance, between 1450 and 1699, surgery was a mix of art, science, and myth. The art of caring for a soldier's battle wounds, the myth of blood-letting to cure or prevent disease, and the advances in scientific surgery for breast...
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Advances in Surgical Techniques Summary
1,966 words, approx. 7 pages Surgeons of the twentieth century inherited many ideas and techniques from earlier physicians, which they continued to investigate and improve. Three age-old problems that plagued surgeons—pain, infection, and shock—were beginning to be...
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Surgery Information
4,942 words, approx. 17 pages
 In medicine, surgery (from the Greek χειρουργική, or chirurgical, and latin chirurgiae meaning "hand work") is a medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a patient to investigate and/or treat a pathological...




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 The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
Surgery
03/19/1995: 922 words, approx. 3 pages MARY ANNE MCENERY, Staff Writer The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 03-19-1995 SURGERY -- WIDENING ROLE FOR LAPAROSCOPY By MARY ANNE MCENERY, Staff Writer Date: 03-19-1995, Sunday Section: SPECIAL SECTIONS Edition: All Editions -- Sunday Lights, camera, snip. Laparoscopy has turned the operating...
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 The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
No surgery
06/23/2001: 408 words, approx. 1 pages Brewers Notes No surgery, D'Amico advised By DAN MANOYAN of the Journal Sentinel staff Saturday, June 23, 2001 Chicago -- Milwaukee Brewers right-hander Jeff D'Amico, who has been on the disabled list since April 21, has been advised not...
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Pancreatic cancer surgery overlooked
6/15/2007: 574 words, approx. 2 pages Nearly 40 percent of patients with early pancreatic cancer who could be treated with surgery don't get the operation, dooming them to grim chances of survival, a study found.The complicated operation is tricky but safer than previously thought and can extend life, although chances of...
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Obesity surgery complication studied
3/14/2007: 464 words, approx. 2 pages Doctors warn that a few obesity surgery patients have developed a serious neurological condition, with symptoms of confusion and poor coordination, linked to a lack of vitamin B1.Wernicke encephalopathy, which is caused by a thiamine deficiency, is normally associated with severe alcoholism or chronic malnutrition....


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