Today's Medical History
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He also developed the "Bier Block," a form of regional anesthesia commonly used for minor upper-extremity surgery.
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Medicine has come along way since the 1850's.
A long, long way.
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He also developed the "Bier Block," a form of regional anesthesia commonly used for minor upper-extremity surgery.
@George-K said in Today's Medical History:
He also developed the "Bier Block,"
Shoot, that's nothing. Thousands do that all over this country every day. Drunkenness is established when the upper extremity becomes too anesthetized to lift the bier can.
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@Jolly said in Today's Medical History:
Medicine has come along way since the 1850's.
I remember seeing a documentary about the greatest advances in medicine since those times. There were many, but these stick out.
- Antibiotics & Vaccines
- Safe anesthesia
- The use of plastics in medicine
- Oxygen therapy
- Insulin
- Anticoagulants
- Sterile technique
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@George-K said in Today's Medical History:
He also developed the "Bier Block,"
Shoot, that's nothing. Thousands do that all over this country every day. Drunkenness is established when the upper extremity becomes too anesthetized to lift the bier can.
@Catseye3 said in Today's Medical History:
@George-K said in Today's Medical History:
He also developed the "Bier Block,"
Shoot, that's nothing. Thousands do that all over this country every day. Drunkenness is established when the upper extremity becomes too anesthetized to lift the bier can.
I saw what you did there.
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