Abstract
This Historian's Address, presented at the North Pacific Surgical Association 2012 meeting, held in Spokane, Washington, on November 9, 2012, briefly reviews the life and surgical contributions of the inventor William T. Bovie and his collaboration with Dr Harvey Cushing, which led to the widespread acceptance of surgical electrocautery for dissection and hemostasis.
Published by Elsevier Inc.
Publication types
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Biography
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Historical Article
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Lecture
MeSH terms
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Electrocoagulation / history*
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Electrocoagulation / instrumentation
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Electrosurgery / history*
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Electrosurgery / instrumentation
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Hemostasis, Surgical / history*
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Hemostasis, Surgical / instrumentation
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Hemostasis, Surgical / methods
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History, 19th Century
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History, 20th Century
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Humans
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United States
Personal name as subject
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William T Bovie
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Harvey Cushing