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BETHUNE RIB STRIPPERS [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

rugine pour côtes Bethune : équivalent formulé par analogie avec les termes «rugine Doyen» et «rugine raspatoire Matson». Il s'agit d'un instrument chirurgical inventé par le chirurgien canadien de renom Norman Bethune (1890 - 1939), qui va sous les côtes pour en détacher les tissus.

Spanish

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