Listar por tema "History, 20th Century"
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The Greek (Hellenic) rheumatology over the years: from ancient to modern times
(2019)Rheumatology has its roots in ancient Greece. Hippocrates and other prominent Greek (Hellenes) physicians in ancient times, Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine period were acute observers of disease course and of patients ... -
Greek Surgeon Pavlos Ioannou's Possible Influence on William Halsted's Famous Radical Mastectomy
(2017)Pavlos Ioannou performed an innovative surgical operation for breast cancer in Vienna University Hospital in 1861. A few years later, after his return to Greece, an operation performed on his closest friend's child, which ... -
Hallmarks in the history of orthopaedic implants for trauma and joint replacement [Glavna obilježja povijesti ortopedskih implantanata kod trauma i zamjene zglobova]
(2016)This manuscript represents an attempt to review orthopaedic implants and reconstructive orthopaedic surgery for lower limbs lesions or trauma mainly in the 20th century. We emphasized on the type of implants, the biomaterials ... -
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Historical hallmarks of anticoagulation and antiplatelet agents
(2016)Thrombosis is a well known phenomenon among physicians since antiquity. A variety of peculiar agents, such as leeches and bark, were used to prevent it. Hirudin was used during the 19th century. The next eon, heparin, ... -
John C. Carapanayiotis (1909–1999): The greek radiologist and pioneer of physiatry in Greece [John C. Carapanayiotis (1909–1999): Grčki radiolog i pionir fizijatrije u Grčkoj]
(2017)John C. Carapanayiotis was specialized in physical medicine and rehabilitation in the USA in 1948, at a time when the medical world in post-war Greece was ignorant of this specific medical specialty, and the political, ... -
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Stroke: Insights into Thromboembolism Treatment and Prevention through the Decades
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Thessaly and medicine from ancient Greek mythology to contemporary times: A perpetual relationship
(2019)The aim of this narrative review is to provide an overview of the connection between Thessaly and the development of medicine from ancient Greek mythology to contemporary times. From Chiron to Asclepius, from Asclepius to ...