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October 2019
Académie nationale de médecine, Paris, France.
J BUON
July 2019
History of Medicine, Medical School, University of Crete, Crete, Greece.
At the beginning of the 19th century, gynaecological cancer, mainly cancer of the uterus and cervix was a dreadful, incurable affection. However, the popularization of the three fundamentals in surgery, anesthesia, asepsis and haemostasis, ushered the golden age of operative gynaecology. During that period distinguished surgeons/gynaecologists such as Friedrich Benjamin Osiander (1759-1822), Elias von Siebold (1775-1828) and Joseph-Claude-Anthelme Récamier (1774-1852) contributed to the development of the operative techniques, providing a therapeutic solution in gynaecological cancer.
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January 2012
Department of History of Medicine, Medical School, University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Professor J.C.A.
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