Alexander Wood
Alexander Wood (1817 – 1884) was a Scottish physician. Credited with being the inventor of the first hypodermic needle (1853), taking the 'sting of the bee' as his model
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Edmond I Eger II
Edmond 'Ted' Eger II (1930 – 2017) was an American anesthesiologist. Minimal alveolar concentration (MAC)
Philip Raikes Bromage
Philip Raikes Bromage (1920 – 2013) was a British anaesthetist. Best known for popularizing epidural analgesia/anesthesia and his textbook Epidural Analgesia
Sidney Yankauer
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William Warwick Wagstaffe
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René Le Fort
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Robert Adams
Robert Adams (1791 - 1875) was an Irish surgeon.
Astley Paston Cooper
Sir Astley Paston Cooper (1768 – 1841) British surgeon and anatomist.
Robert William Smith
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William Osler
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