Alexander Alexandrovich Vishnevsky (1906 to 1975) was a Soviet surgeon and the son of the surgeon Alexander Vasilyevich Vishnevsky. He became a member of the Academy of Medical Sciences of the USSR in 1953 and a Colonel General of the Medical Corps in 1966, and he was named a Hero of Socialist Labor the same year. In 1953 he carried out the first cardiac operation under local anesthesia. On the Eastern Front of the Second World War he developed new methods for treating gunshot wounds, including the use of leeches to remove shrapnel. He received several Soviet and foreign awards and prizes during his career.
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[O.S. 11 May] 1906
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19 December 1975
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was a Soviet surgeon
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new methods for treating gunshot wounds
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was a Soviet surgeon
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first conducted a cardiac surgery under the local anesthesia
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