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  2. History of surgery - Wikipedia

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    The oldest known surgical amputation was carried out in Borneo about 31,000 years ago. [10] The operation involved the removal of the distal third of the left lower leg. The person survived the operation and lived for another 6 to 9 years. This is the only known surgical amputation carried out before the Neolithic Revolution and its farming ...

  3. Surgical suture - Wikipedia

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    Sutures were made of plant materials (flax, hemp and cotton) or animal material (hair, tendons, arteries, muscle strips and nerves, silk, and catgut). [citation needed] The earliest reports of surgical suture date to 3000 BC in ancient Egypt, and the oldest known suture is in a mummy from 1100 BC.

  4. Qar (doctor) - Wikipedia

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    In press reports following the discovery of the tomb and in several publications, they are regarded as surgical instruments. [6] It was stated that they might be the oldest surgical tools in the world. [1] However, these types of model tools are common in many Old Kingdom burials of officials with different functions. They are not surgical ...

  5. List of Egyptian inventions and discoveries - Wikipedia

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    Military scribe and battle recording — The first well documented battle in the history of the world is the Battle of Megiddo. [9] Reconstruction of Buhen fortress. Catapult — A Catapult dating to the 19th century B.C was found on the walls of the fortress of Buhen. [10] Draw bridge — The fortress of Buhen contains the oldest known ...

  6. Edwin Smith Papyrus - Wikipedia

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    The Edwin Smith Papyrus is an ancient Egyptian medical text, named after Edwin Smith who bought it in 1862, and the oldest known surgical treatise [2] on trauma.. This document, which may have been a manual of military surgery, describes 48 cases of injuries, fractures, wounds, dislocations and tumors. [3]

  7. Fyodor Uglov - Wikipedia

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    On October 7, 2014, the grand opening of a public garden named after Fyodor Uglov took place in St. Petersburg. The square is located at the intersection of Lev Tolstoy and Roentgen streets, in front of the windows of the hospital surgery clinic of the current State Medical University, which was headed by Uglov for many years.

  8. Davis & Geck - Wikipedia

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    Davis & Geck was a surgical/medical device company founded in 1909 by Charles T. Davis and Fred A. Geck originally located in Brooklyn, NY.. It specialized in the development and manufacture of surgical sutures along with various other products in the wound closure, surgical technique, and aseptic technique categories.

  9. Ligature (medicine) - Wikipedia

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    The principle of ligation is attributed to Hippocrates and Galen. [1] [2] In ancient Rome, ligatures were used to treat hemorrhoids. [3]Spanish Muslim doctor Al-Zahrawi described the procedure around the year 1000 in his book Kitab al-Tasrif. [4]