Surgical history: everything you wanted to know
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The History of Vascular Surgery
Alexi Corel, a French surgeon, perfected this technique in 1901. He didn't use the usual surgical needles and instead he used fine linen or cotton thread that he bought from a local haberdashery. And third, he had lessons from a very famous embroidery called Marianne LeRudier. She embroidered the gold thread on the Paris Opera House curtains. At the heart of today's surgery are skills that have been developed by generations of women,.
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