2001 Dr. Christiaan Barnard, surgeon, ", performed the first heart transplant, South Africa 1967, ", dies at 78
1997 Douglas Ranger, surgeon, dies at 81
1997 H Richard Hornberger, surgeon (inspired M*A*S*H), dies at 73
1997 Charles Huggins, surgeon/medical researcher, dies at 95
1996 Robert Arthur Hughes, missionary/surgeon, dies at 85
1995 Gerard W. Taylor, South African/British surgeon, dies at 74
1994 Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders resigns after masturbation comments
1994 M Vink, surgeon (1st Dutch kidney transplant), dies at 78
1990 Dr. Antonia Novello sworn-in as 1st hispanic/female U.S. surgeon general
1988 Surgeon General C. Everett Koop reports nicotine as addictive as heroin
1968 Charles W. Mayo, U.S. surgeon, dies at 70
1968 James Burke, actor (Ellery Queen, Army Surgeon), dies at 81
1964 US Surgeon General Luther Terry reports that smoking may be hazardous
1960 Archibald McIndoe, plastic surgeon, dies
1957 U.S. Surgeon Gen Leroy Burney connects smoking with lung cancer
1951 Earnest F Sauerbruch, German nazi/surgeon, dies at 75
1950 Charles R Drew, surgeon/developer of blood bank concept, dies at 45
1949 Jack Lovelock, NZ/U.S. surgeon/athlete 1936 Olympics gold, dies at 39
1946 Robert Jarvik, surgeon/inventor, Jarvik 7 artificial heart
1946 J R Farndon, British consultant surgeon
1944 Antonia Novello, 14th U.S. Surgeon General, 1990-92
1939 William J Mayo, U.S. surgeon/co-founder Mayo Clinic, dies at 78
1939 Dr. Roy P Scholz is 1st surgeon to use fiberglass sutures
1939 Charles H Mayo, U.S. surgeon/co-founder (Mayo Clinic), dies at 74
1933 Jocelyn Elders, U.S. Surgeon General, -1994
1928 James White, sci-fi author, Star Surgeon, Star Healer
1928 Donald Longmore, British cardiac surgeon
1923 Paul Bramley, oral surgeon
1923 Norman E. Shumway, born in Michigan, pioneer cardiac transplant surgeon
1922 Christiaan Barnard, South Africa, surgeon, perform 1st heart transplant
1921 John Harrison, British vice admiral/surgeon
1920 Gerard W. Taylor, South African/British surgeon
1920 Denton Cooley, Houston, heart surgeon, 1st artifical heart transplant
1920 Arnold Elton, consultant surgeon
1916 C Everett Koop, surgeon general, 1981-89
1916 Douglas Ranger, surgeon
1916 Andrew Kay, surgeon/professor of surgery, University of Glasgow
1916 Reginald Murley, surgeon
1914 Lord Smith, British surgeon
1911 Michael Woodruff, FRS, surgeon
1910 Robert Arthur Hughes, missionary/surgeon
1910 Vernon Thompson, thoracic surgeon
1910 Francis S Haden, English surgeon/graphic artist, dies at 91
1910 Jack Lovelock, NZ/U.S. surgeon/runner 1936 Olympics gold
1908 Maurice Adams, surgeon/British rear admiral
1902 Dr. Harvey Cushing, 1st U.S. brain surgeon, does his 1st brain operation
1901 Charles Huggins, surgeon/medical researcher
1899 James Paget, English surgeon (disease of Paget), dies at 85
1898 Marie J Hugenholtz, [Doctor Grandi], surgeon on Curacao
1875 Ernst F. Sauerbruch, German nazi/surgeon
1873 Alexis Carrel, France, surgeon/sociologist/biologist, Nobel 1912
1865 Mary Edward Walker, 1st Army female surgeon, awarded Medal of Honor
1865 Charles Horace Mayo, surgeon/co-founder, Mayo Clinic
1861 William James Mayo, surgeon/co-founder Mayo clinic in Minnesota
1856 Daniel Nathan Hale Williams, surgeon, 1st open heart operation
1852 John Harvey Kellogg, surgeon, inspired flaked cereal industry
1851 Walter Reed, U.S. Army Surgeon, proved mosquitoes transmit yellow fever
1841 Theodor Kocher, Swiss surgeon, thyroid specialist, Nobel 1909
1841 Felix Savart, French surgeon/physicist, dies at 49
1837 William Williams Keen, surgeon, brain
1829 Mary Harris Thompson, 1st American woman surgeon
1828 Jonathan Hutchinson, surgeon/scientist
1828 Albrecht Grafe, pioneer eye surgeon; founded modern ophthalmology
1824 Paul Broca, France, brain surgeon/anthro, located speech center
1818 Francis Seymour Haden, English surgeon/graphic artist
1818 Zacharias Topelius, Finnish historical novelist, Surgeon's Stories
1815 Crawford Williamson Long, surgeon/pioneer, use of ether
1814 James Paget, English surgeon, disease of Paget
1813 Office of surgeon general of the U.S. Army forms
1813 James Marion Sims, South Carolina, surgeon/gynecologist, vesicovaginal operation
1798 Dr. George Balfour becomes 1st naval surgeon in the U.S. navy
1795 James Barry, female disguised as a man, surgeon general, British army
1791 Felix Savart, French surgeon/physicist, law of Biot and Savart
1791 George Hayward, U.S., surgeon, 1st to use ether
1785 William Beaumont, surgeon, studied digestion
1772 Joseph Kerckhoff, Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged
1771 Ephraim McDowell, surgeon, pioneered abdominal surgery
1770 Bernard S Albinus, [Weiss], German surgeon/anatomist, dies at 73
1764 John Abernethy, London, surgeon
1697 Bernard S Albinus, [Weiss], German surgeon/anatomist
1692 Johannes G Schnabel, German author/surgeon, Insel Felsenburg
1651 Engelbrecht Kampfer, German/Neth VOC surgeon
1590 Ambroise Pare, French surgeon, dies at 80
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