Alfred Velpeau
Alfred Velpeau (1795-1867), French surgeon and anatomist. Velpeau bandage, projection, quadrilateral space, and leukaemia
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Edward H. Bennett
Edward Hallaran Bennett (1837-1907) Irish surgeon. Bennett fracture: Two-part intra-articular thumb fracture base of first metacarpal
W. Wayne Babcock
William Wayne Babcock Jr (1872-1963), American surgeon linked to spinal anaesthesia, Babcock forceps, vein stripping, cranioplasty and surgical innovation.
Silvio Rolando
Silvio Rolando da Carasco (1873-1949) Italian surgeon and urologist, describer of the Rolando fracture, with his Genoa career, key contributions and historical context.
Louis Gilula
Louis Arnold Gilula (1942-2014) was an American musculoskeletal radiologist known for Gilula carpal arcs, wrist imaging, vertebroplasty and interventional radiology.
Lorenz Böhler
Lorenz Böhler (1885-1973) Austrian trauma surgeon, founder of organised accident care, Böhler angle, and controversial Nazi-era figure.
John J. Gartland
John Joseph Gartland (1918-2016), American orthopaedic surgeon. Gartland classification and Gartland–Werley score for fracture outcomes.
George Pitkin
George Philo Pitkin (1885-1943), American surgeon. Inventor of Spinocain, Pitkin spinal needle, syringe and tiltometer for controllable spinal anaesthesia.
John Snow
John Snow (1813-1858), English physician. Pioneer of anaesthesia and epidemiology. Defined etherization stages and traced cholera outbreaks to contaminated water in London.
Emery A. Rovenstine
Emery A. Rovenstine (1895–1960), American anaesthesiologist linked to directional spinal needle, nerve block and geriatric anaesthesia.
Joseph-Frédéric-Benoît Charrière
Joseph-Frédéric-Benoît Charrière, Swiss-born French instrument maker, created the Charrière/French scale for catheters and surgical tubes.
Charles Pravaz
Charles Gabriel Pravaz (1791–1853). French orthopaedic surgeon developed the Pravaz syringe, an early controlled injection device for aneurysm treatment.