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BETHUNE RIB SHEARS [1 record]

Record 1 2012-09-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Surgical Equipment
CONT

The Bethune pneumothorax apparatus ...; the Bethune scrapula lifter and retractor, nicknamed "the Iron Intern"; the Bethune rib shears; the Bethune rib strippers – all came to prominent and common use in operating rooms, some of the equipment being employed for decades after it was designed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement médico-chirurgical
OBS

[Norman Bethune (1890 - 1939), chirurgien canadien de renom et inventeur du costotome.] Mécontent des traitements existants, j’ai inventé de nouveaux instruments chirurgicaux et de nouvelles procédures. Mon costotome – ciseaux servant à couper les côtes – est encore utilisé aujourd’hui.

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