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MeekerenSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsJohn HunterSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsLeonardo Fioravanti (doctor)Surgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsLorenz HeisterSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsLouis JurineSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsMariano SantoSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsMarie ColinetNursing and Midwifery ProfessionalsPercivall PottSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsPietro MoscatiSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsRobert Kerr (writer)Surgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsRogerius (physician)Surgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsSamuel Sharp (surgeon)Surgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsŞerafeddin SabuncuoğluSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsSushrutaSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsWilhelm FabrySurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsWilliam of SalicetoSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsWouter SchoutenSurgeons and Perioperative SpecialistsSourcesWilhelm Fabry (Wikipedia)Has Member: Wilhelm Fabry, Lead paragraph [in-group]Quote, Has Member: Wilhelm Fabry, Lead paragraph [in-group]was the first educated and scientific German surgeonView the SourceAntoine Louis (Wikipedia)Has Member: Antoine Louis, Lead sentence, professionQuote, Has Member: Antoine Louis, Lead sentence, professionwas a French surgeon and physiologistView the SourceJames Parkinson (Wikipedia)Has Member: James Parkinson, Lead section, professionQuote, Has Member: James Parkinson, Lead section, professionwas an English surgeon, apothecary, geologist, palaeontologist, and political activistView the SourceHenri de Mondeville (Wikipedia)Has Member: Henri de Mondeville, Lead and biographyQuote, Has Member: Henri de Mondeville, Lead and biographywas the first Frenchman to author a surgical treatise, La ChirurgieView the SourceLorenz Heister (Wikipedia)Has Member: Lorenz Heister, Article text [in-group]Quote, Has Member: Lorenz Heister, Article text [in-group]his best-known work is Chirurgie, a book on surgery that was translated into several languagesView the SourceRogerius (physician) (Wikipedia)Has Member: Rogerius (physician), Lead and biographyQuote, Has Member: Rogerius (physician), Lead and biographywas a Salernitan surgeon who wrote a work on medicine entitled Practica ChirurgiaeView the SourceWouter Schouten (Wikipedia)Has Member: Wouter Schouten, Lead sentence [in-group]Quote, Has Member: Wouter Schouten, Lead sentence [in-group]He was also well-known for his surgical skills, experiences and medical knowledge.View the SourceHieronymus Brunschwig (Wikipedia)Has Member: Hieronymus Brunschwig, LeadQuote, Has Member: Hieronymus Brunschwig, LeadHieronymus Brunschwig or Hieronymus Brunschwygk (c. 1450, c. 1512) was a German surgeon ("Wundarzt"), alchemist and botanist.View the SourceAlexander Monro Primus (Wikipedia)Has Member: Alexander Monro Primus, LeadQuote, Has Member: Alexander Monro Primus, LeadAlexander Monro (19 September 1697-10 July 1767) was a Scottish surgeon and anatomist.View the SourceAntoine Dubois (Wikipedia)Has Member: Antoine Dubois, Lead paragraphQuote, Has Member: Antoine Dubois, Lead paragraphwas a French surgeon born in GramatView the SourceLouis Jurine (Wikipedia)Has Member: Louis Jurine, Lead paragraphQuote, Has Member: Louis Jurine, Lead paragraphwas a Swiss medical doctor, surgeon and naturalistView the SourceMarie Colinet (Wikipedia)Has Member: Marie Colinet, CareerQuote, Has Member: Marie Colinet, CareerColinet was a midwife and skillful surgeon, who treated many patients throughout GermanyView the SourceFrançois Chopart (Wikipedia)Has Member: François Chopart, Article bodyQuote, Has Member: François Chopart, Article bodyFrançois Chopart (20 October 1743-9 June 1795) was a French surgeon born in Paris.View the SourceGiovanni da Vigo (Wikipedia)Has Member: Giovanni da Vigo, Lead, occupationQuote, Has Member: Giovanni da Vigo, Lead, occupationwas an Italian surgeonView the SourceCaspar Schamberger (Wikipedia)Has Member: Caspar Schamberger, Lead paragraph, rangakuQuote, Has Member: Caspar Schamberger, Lead paragraph, rangakuHis name represents the first school of Western medicine in Japan and the beginning of rangaku, or Dutch studies.View the SourceAntyllus (source article)Has Member: Antyllus, Lead sentenceQuote, Has Member: Antyllus, Lead sentencewas a Greek surgeon, who lived in the 2nd century AD in RomeView the SourceAugust Gottlieb Richter (Deutsche Biographie)Has Member: August Gottlieb Richter, NDB 21 (2003), Richter, August Gottlieb, genealogy line [in-group]Quote, Has Member: August Gottlieb Richter, NDB 21 (2003), Richter, August Gottlieb, genealogy line [in-group]Sehr schätzenswerth ist auch die von ihm ausgeführte Vereinfachung des bis zu seiner Zeit sehr unförmlichen und überfüllten chirurgischen InstrumentariumsView the SourceFranz Kaspar Hesselbach (Wikipedia)Has Member: Franz Kaspar Hesselbach, Lead [in-group]Quote, Has Member: Franz Kaspar Hesselbach, Lead [in-group]As a surgeon, Hesselbach is best known for his work with hernia operations.View the SourceHenri François Le Dran (Wikipedia)Has Member: Henri François Le Dran, Article bodyQuote, Has Member: Henri François Le Dran, Article bodyHe gave lectures with the Royal Academy of Medicine in Paris, and practiced surgery at Hôpital de la Charité.View the SourceLeonardo Fioravanti (doctor) (Wikipedia)Has Member: Leonardo Fioravanti (doctor), Biography sectionQuote, Has Member: Leonardo Fioravanti (doctor), Biography sectionIn Palermo, he performed the first recorded splenectomy on Italian soil.View the SourceGaspare Tagliacozzi (Wikipedia)Has Member: Gaspare Tagliacozzi, Lead sectionQuote, Has Member: Gaspare Tagliacozzi, Lead sectionpioneer of plastic and reconstructive surgeryView the SourceHans von Gersdorff (Wikipedia)Has Member: Hans von Gersdorff, Lead sentence [specialist-in]Quote, Has Member: Hans von Gersdorff, Lead sentence [specialist-in]was a German surgeon who published the Feldbuch der WundarzneyView the SourceJacques Guillemeau (Wikipedia)Has Member: Jacques Guillemeau, Career paragraphQuote, Has Member: Jacques Guillemeau, Career paragraphHe was a surgeon at Hôtel-Dieu de Paris, and a favored student of Ambroise Paré (1510-1590)View the SourceCarl Caspar von Siebold (source article)Has Member: Carl Caspar von Siebold, Lead and bodyQuote, Has Member: Carl Caspar von Siebold, Lead and bodywas a German surgeon and obstetricianView the SourceGeorges Mareschal (source article)Has Member: Georges Mareschal, Career sectionQuote, Has Member: Georges Mareschal, Career sectionIn 1731, with François Gigot de la Peyronie (1678-1747), he founded the Académie Royale de Chirurgie.View the SourceRobert Kerr (writer) (source article)Has Member: Robert Kerr (writer), Life, second paragraphQuote, Has Member: Robert Kerr (writer), Life, second paragraphpractised at the Edinburgh Foundling Hospital as a surgeonView the SourceJean-Jacques Belloc (source article)Has Member: Jean-Jacques Belloc, Article bodyQuote, Has Member: Jean-Jacques Belloc, Article bodyHe invented several surgical instruments, including the probe that bears his name (Belloc probe or cannula).View the SourceClaude Pouteau (source article)Has Member: Claude Pouteau, Biography section, first paragraphQuote, Has Member: Claude Pouteau, Biography section, first paragraphOnce his thesis was defended, he returned to Lyon, where he was appointed junior surgeon at the Hôtel-Dieu in 1744.View the SourceJoachim Friedrich Henckel (source article)Has Member: Joachim Friedrich Henckel, Paragraph 3Quote, Has Member: Joachim Friedrich Henckel, Paragraph 3In 1769, Henckel conducted the first caesarean section to incise the linea alba on a living woman.View the SourceJob Janszoon van Meekeren (Wikipedia)Has Member: Job Janszoon van Meekeren, Article text [in-group]Quote, Has Member: Job Janszoon van Meekeren, Article text [in-group]He wrote a book, which gives a good representation of the state of the art of surgery in the seventeenth century in Amsterdam.View the SourceJacques Daviel (Wikipedia)Has Member: Jacques Daviel, Lead paragraph [in-group]Quote, Has Member: Jacques Daviel, Lead paragraph [in-group]Daviel performed the first documented planned primary extracapsular cataract extraction on 18 September 1750View the SourceWilliam of Saliceto (Wikipedia)Has Member: William of Saliceto, Lead sentenceQuote, Has Member: William of Saliceto, Lead sentenceWilliam of Salicet (1210-1277) (Italian: Guglielmo da Saliceto; French: Guillaume de Salicet; Latin: Guilielmus de Salicetum) was an Italian surgeon and clericView the SourcePietro Moscati (Wikipedia)Has Member: Pietro Moscati, Life, DoctorQuote, Has Member: Pietro Moscati, Life, Doctorwas appointed chief surgeon at the Pia Casa di Santa Caterina alla RuotaView the SourceJean Pitard (Wikipedia)Has Member: Jean Pitard, Lead [in-group]Quote, Has Member: Jean Pitard, Lead [in-group]was the royal surgeon to Louis IX, Philip the Bold and Philip the Fair of FranceView the SourceMariano Santo (source article)Has Member: Mariano Santo, LeadQuote, Has Member: Mariano Santo, Leadwas a prominent surgeon of the 16th centuryView the SourceSamuel Sharp (surgeon) (source article)Has Member: Samuel Sharp (surgeon), LeadQuote, Has Member: Samuel Sharp (surgeon), Leadwas an English surgeon and authorView the SourceŞerafeddin Sabuncuoğlu (source article)Has Member: Şerafeddin Sabuncuoğlu, BiographyQuote, Has Member: Şerafeddin Sabuncuoğlu, BiographySabuncuoğlu was the author of the CerrahiyyetuView the SourceWikipedia: Al-Zahrawitier 2WikipediaHas Member: Al-Zahrawi, Introduction, sentence 2Quote, Has Member: Al-Zahrawi, Introduction, sentence 2He is considered one of the greatest surgeons of the Middle Ages.View the SourceAmbroise Pare, WikipediaHas Member: Ambroise Pare, Introduction, sentence 2Quote, Has Member: Ambroise Pare, Introduction, sentence 2He is considered one of the fathers of surgery and forensic pathology, and a pioneer in surgical techniques and battlefield medicine, especially in the treatment of wounds.View the SourceHanaoka Seishu (Wikipedia)Has Member: Hanaoka Seishu, Introduction, sentence 1Quote, Has Member: Hanaoka Seishu, Introduction, sentence 1Hanaoka Seishū (華岡 青洲; October 23, 1760, November 21, 1835) was a Japanese surgeon of the Edo period with a knowledge of Chinese herbal medicine, as well as Western surgical techniques he had learned through Rangaku (literally "Dutch learning", and by extension "Western learning").View the SourceWikipedia: Hua TuoHas Member: Hua Tuo, Introduction, sentence 2Quote, Has Member: Hua Tuo, Introduction, sentence 2Historical texts, such as Records of the Three Kingdoms and Book of the Later Han record Hua Tuo as having been the first person in China to use anaesthesia during surgery.View the SourceWikipedia: Ibn ZuhrHas Member: Ibn Zuhr, Introduction, sentence 1Quote, Has Member: Ibn Zuhr, Introduction, sentence 1Abū Marwān ‘Abd al-Malik ibn Zuhr (Arabic: أبو مروان عبد الملك بن زهر), traditionally known by his Latinized name Avenzoar (; 1094-1162), was an Arab physician, surgeon, and poet.View the SourcePercivall Pott (Wikipedia)Has Member: Percivall Pott, Introduction, sentence 1Quote, Has Member: Percivall Pott, Introduction, sentence 1Percivall Pott (6 January 1714, in London, 22 December 1788) was an English surgeon, one of the founders of orthopaedics, and the first scientist to demonstrate that cancer may be caused by an environmental carcinogen, namely chimney sweeps' carcinoma.View the SourceSushruta (Wikipedia)tier 3WikipediaHas Member: Sushruta, Introduction, sentence 1Quote, Has Member: Sushruta, Introduction, sentence 1Suśruta (Sanskrit: सुश्रुत, lit.View the SourceJohn Hunter (surgeon) (Wikipedia)tier 3WikipediaHas Member: John Hunter, Introduction, sentence 1Quote, Has Member: John Hunter, Introduction, sentence 1John Hunter (13 February 1728-16 October 1793) was a Scottish surgeon, one of the most distinguished scientists and surgeons of his day.View the SourceComments 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