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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 1975 Maxwell Maltz, cosmetic surgeon, author, self-help pioneer, invented Psycho-Cybernetics, system to improve one's self-image, lead a better life, wrote, 'Psycho-Cybernetics', believes positive self-view key to achieving goals, dies 1968 Charles W. Mayo, U.S. surgeon, dies at 70 1968 James Burke, actor (Ellery Queen, Army Surgeon), dies at 81 1964 U.S. Surgeon General Luther Terry reports that smoking may be hazardous 1960 Archibald McIndoe, plastic surgeon, dies 1957 U.S. Surgeon General 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, New Zealand/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, New Zealand/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 1899 Maxwell Maltz, born in America, cosmetic surgeon, author, self-help pioneer, invented Psycho-Cybernetics, system to improve one's self-image, lead a better life, wrote, 'Psycho-Cybernetics', believes positive self-view key to achieving goals 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/Netherlands VOC surgeon 1590 Ambroise Pare, French surgeon, dies at 80 |
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