Surgeons and Their Tools: A History of Surgical Instruments and Their Innovators. Part IV: Pass Me the Forceps. Issue 2 (February 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: El-Sedfy, Abraham; Chamberlain, Ronald S.
• Is Part Of: American surgeon. Volume 81:Issue 2(2015)
• Page Start: 124
• Page End: 127
• Publication Date: 2015-02
• Subjects: Surgery -- Periodicals; Surgery -- United States -- Periodicals; 617.0973
• DOI: 10.1177/000313481508100222
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0003-1348

Abstract

This is the fourth of five manuscripts reviewing the historical origins of some of the more commonly used surgical instruments and takes "time out" to remind current surgeons about the surgical pioneers on whose shoulders they now stand and whose inventions they now use.