The first heart surgery

[George K]

150 years ago today.

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https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1585997241789124608.html

[taiwan_girl]

Fascination article. Medical technology amazes me. I often think that what today we believe is so modern and the best, will be thought as primitive years from now.

I wonder what medical will look like in 150 years and what they will think of 2022 heart surgery.

(BTW, I guess there is only one picture Dr. Callender. 555)

[George K]

What an obituary! Died at 49.

[Jolly]

Apparently, Dr. Arnott was chopped liver.

[George K]

The inscription, written shortly after the operation in October 1872, reads: "Needle removed from heart nine days after its insertion. Length 1.9 inches. The patient recovered."