Under the Knife
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hands: anatomical snuffbox
‘happy milk’
Harrison, Michael
Hartmann, Henri
Harvey, Thomas
Harvey, William
healing: compared to curing; definition; see also wound healing
health care policy
heart: blood pressure; cardiac tamponade; cardiogenic shock; ECG; fibrillation; function; pacemakers; transplants; valve replacement; whales; see also cardiac surgery
heart attack
heart transplants
heartburn
Heliogabalus
Heller, Thérèse
hemi-: meaning
Henchcliffe, Margaret
hepatitis
hepatosplenomegaly
Heraclitus
hernia: definition; diaphragmatic; etymology; evolutionary cause; femoral; groin; keyhole surgery; placebo operations; spinal discs; umbilical
Herodotus
Herophilus
Hervey, John
Hesiod
Hill, John
Hill, Rose
hip, artificial
Hippocrates
Hippocratic oath
HIV
Hivites
Holmes, Sherlock
holy relics
homeopathy
homosexuality: Lully, Jean-Baptiste; Pope Leo X
horror carnis
hospital policies
Houdini, Harry
House, William
hula hoops
Hültl, Hümér
Humes, James
humours
hygiene: bladder stones; clean underwear; development; phimosis
hypertension
hypospadias
hypothalamus
hypovolemic shock
hysterectomies
I & D see drain (verb)
idiopathic: definition
ileostomy
ileus
Illouz, Yves-Gerard
imaging
immune system
impotence
incidence: definition
incision: definition; etymology; size
incontinence: definition; eunuchs; stone-cutters
indication: definition
induction
infarction; see also stroke
infection: breathing rate; chronic; dissemination; surgeons; see also inflammation; pathogens; pus
inflammation: appendicitis; definition; fever; indications; process overview; terminology; wound healing
inguinal canal
inguinal hernia
Innocent VIII, Pope
inspection
instruments, surgical
insufflation
interleukin-6
intermittent claudication
internists
intestinal anastomosis
intestines: anatomy; diagnosis; groin hernia; leakage; obstruction; peritonitis; strangulation; surgery; tumours; umbilical hernia
intravenous drip
intubation
invasive treatment
iodine deficiency
ischaemia
Islam
-itis: meaning
Jackson, Michael
jargon
‘jeep seat’
Jenkins, M. T.
Jesus Christ
Jewish rebellion, third
Johanson, Donald
John Paul I, Pope
John Paul II, Pope
John XXI, Pope
John XXIII, Pope
Johnson, Lyndon Baines
joints, artificial see prosthesis
Jonah and the whale
Jones, Peter
Jones, Ron
Julius III, Pope
Kaplan, Fanya
Kehlet, Henrik
Kelling, Georg
Kelly, Howard
Kennedy, John F.
keyhole surgery; see also laparoscopy
kidneys: acidity; blood pressure sensors; lumbotomy; nephrology; shock; transplants
Klemperer, Georg
knees: arthroscopy; artificial
knives
knots
Koch, Robert
Kocher, Theodor
Kok, Henk de
Krohn, Juan María Fernández y
Kubrick, Stanley
La Vallière, Louise de
Laetitia, Sister
Langenbeck, Bernhard von
language
laparoscopy; see also keyhole surgery
laparotomies
laparotomy: definition
Larrey, Dominique Jean
laryngoscope
larynx
lasers
Lassone, Joseph-Marie-François de
laughing gas
Law of Laplace
lead jackets
lead poisoning
Lear, Tobias
learning curve
legs: arteriosclerosis; blocked artery development course; Dietrich, Marlène; Lully, Jean-Baptiste
Leiter, Joseph
Lenin, Vladimir
Leo V, Pope
Leo X, Pope
Leo XI, Pope
leprosy
leucocytes see white blood cells
leukaemia
Levi
Lichtenstein, Irving
life insurance
life quality
ligature: definition; see also suturing
‘light conductor’
lipoma
liposuction
Lister, Joseph
Liston, Robert
lithotomy
lithotomy position
lithotripsy
liver
lobectomy
local: definition
localisation
logic
Louis XIV
Louis XV
Louis XVI
Louise, Princess
loupes
Lourdes
Lucas, George
Lucheni, Luigi
Lucy
Lully, Jean-Baptiste
lumbotomy
lungs: anatomy; blood supply; bronchiectasis; cancer; lobectomy; pneumectomy; pulmonology; resection
luxation; see also dislocation
lymph
lymph nodes
lymph vessels
lymphangitis
lymphocytes
McBurney, Charles
McClelland, Robert
McCoy, Leonard
McDowell, Ephraim
macrophages
macroscopic: definition
malaria
malnutrition
Marais, Marin
Marcellus II, Pope
Marescaux, Jacques
Margaret, Princess
Marian operation
Marie-Antoinette
Marie-Thérèse of France
Marius, Gaius
Marley, Bob
Martin IV, Pope
Mary, Queen (George V’s wife)
masks
mathematics problems: brain damage
Mathijsen, Antonius
Matrix, The (1999)
meat digestion
meat, fear of
medical error see complications
medical imaging
medical journals
medical records
medical specialisms
medical terminology
medical test results
medical tests
Medici, Giovanni di Lorenzo de’
Medicine: specialisation
Meekren, Job van
melanoma
melena
memory loss see amnesia
Ménière’s disease
mesentry
metabolism
metastasis
Michael II, Byzantine emperor
Michaels, Dr (fictional character)
microwaves
Middle Ages medicine
Mikulicz, Johann von
military surgery see battlefield woun
ds
‘milk of amnesia’
MOF (multiple organ failure)
Mohammed
Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
Moore, Jerry
morbidity: definition; etymology; learning curve; see also complications
Moreau, Jacques-Louis
Moreschi, Alessandro
Morgagni, Giovanni Battista
mortality: assistants; definition; etymology; learning curve; spectators
Morton, Thomas
Morton, William
Moseley, Bruce
Mouret, Phillipe
mouth: abscess; cancer
mummification
Murphy’s sign
Murray, Joseph
muscle relaxants
muscles: abdomen
music: bladder stones; brain damage
Napoleon Bonaparte
narcosis; see also anaesthesia
navel
neck: bullet wounds; carotid artery; hernia
necrosectomy
necrosis
needle-holder
nephrologists
Nero
nervous system: definition; electricity; hernia; sympathetic
neurosurgeons
Nissen, Rudolf
nitrous oxide
Nitze, Maximilian
Nobel Prize
Nour, Fouad
obduction
obesity: anatomy; bariatric surgery; Caroline, Queen of England; definition; fat removal; popes; as risk factor; Romans
observation
Observationes Medicae (Tulp)
obstetrics
obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS)
occlusion: definition
Odre, Ann
oesophagus: cancer; resection
oil, boiling
-oma: meaning
omentum
oncological surgery
oncologists
opera singers
operating theatres: eighteenth-century; electricity; modern; sterility
operations: anaesthesia; intubation; learning curve; lege artis; mors in tabula; origins of; post-operative complications; risk factors; shock; team members; without anaesthesia; see also surgery
operative report
opium
optic nerve
organ failure
orthopaedics: definition; etymology; evolutionary cause; original scope
OSAS (obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome)
Osiris
-osis: meaning
osteoarthritis
osteoblasts
osteoclasts
osteocytes
osteopathy
osteoporosis
osteosynthesis
Oswald, Lee Harvey
outcome (of care): definition
ovaries
oxygen: asphyxia; barriers; electric eel; heart; ischaemia; shock
pacemakers
paediatic surgery
palliative care; see also end-of-life care
palpation
panacea
pancreas
Panionios
Papal Zouaves
paparazzi
Paracelsus
paralysis
parasites: infection
parathyroid glands
Paré, Ambroise
Parkinson’s disease
Pasteur, Louis
pathogens; see also bacteria; parasites; viruses
pathological: definition
patient consent
patient examinations
patient plate
patient relationship
Paul of Aegina
Paul VI, Pope
Pavlov, Ivan
Péan, Jules-Émile: fame; gastrectomy; shoulder prosthesis; splenectomy
Pedoux, Jules
penis: circumcision; circumcision reversal; impotence; phimosis; see also castration
penis bone
per primam
per secundam
percussion
perianal: definition
pericardium
perineum
peritoneum
peritonitis
Perry, Malcolm Oliver: and Kennedy, John F.; and Oswald, Lee Harvey
Persians, ancient
personality changes: brain damage; lead poisoning
Peters, Paul
Petrucci, Alfonso
Petz, Aladár von
pH value: blood; body; definition
phimosis
Pichault de La Martinière, Germain
Pickwick Papers, The (Dickens)
piezoelectricity
piles
pilgrimage
Pitanguy, Ivo
Pius III, Pope
Pius VII, Pope
Pius IX, Pope
placebos
plaster casts
plastic mesh
plastic surgeons
Pliny the Elder
Plutarch
pneumectomy
pneumonia
Poirot, Hercule
Polak, Jacob
pollakisuria
Polycrates of Samos
popes
Popper, Karl
Porta, Luigi
portal veins
post-natal depression
post-operative care: bed-rest; fast-track
post-operative complications
Pott, Percival
pregnancy: ectopic; embryological development; smoking; Victoria; see also childbirth
prehistory
prepuce
prevalence: definition
Price, Jacques
Price-Thomas, Clement
primary see per primam
primum non nocere
probability
probe
proctology
prognosis
propofol
prostate
prosthesis: definition; osteoarthritis; shoulder; vascular surgery
Psamtik, Pharoah
pubmed
pulmonologists
purgative
pus: appendicitis; definition; development course; early wound treatment; fever; infection; subphrenic abscess; see also abscess
quality of care
radiation treatment
radical: definition; etymology
radiologists
Rameses V
Ranby, John
‘rebound tenderness’
recurrence rate
Red Riding Hood
refrigeration
regional: definition
Rembrandt
reposition; see also dislocation
research literature
resection
respiration: ABC of emergency medicine; acidity; asphyxia; intubation
restless legs
resuscitation: definition; Kennedy, John F.
retroperitoneum
Rhen, Ludwig
rheumatism
ribs
Rickles, Harry
risk factors: definition; see also diabetes; malnutrition; obesity; smoking
risks
Rob, C. G.
robotics
Roddenberry, Gene
Romanis of Cremona, Joannes de
Romans: castration; circumcision; obesity; surgical instruments; suturing; varicose veins
Roncalli, Angelo (Pope John XXIII)
Röntgen, Wilhelm Conrad
Rosetti, Franciscus
Roux, César
Royal College of Surgeons
Rozanov, Vladimir Nikolaevich
Ruby, Jack
Russell, Helena
Ruysch, Frederik
Rydigier, Ludwik
sacrifice
sacrum
St Martin island
St Paul
Salgarello, Giovanni
salt
saphenous arch
Sarah (Abraham’s wife)
sarcoma
scalpels
scars: artery wall strengthening; at birth; hernia; s
ee also healing; wound healing; wounds
Schneider, Romy
science fiction
scientific method
scintigraphy
Scott, Ridley
scrotum: cancer; definition; human lack of penis bone; see also castration
scrub nurse
scrubs
secondary see per secundam
Seldinger, Sven Ivar
Semm, Kurt
Semmelweis, Ignaz
septic shock
sexual intercourse
Shah of Iran
Shah of Persia
Shakespeare, William
Shelley, Mary
Shepard, Alan B.
Shipton, John
Shires, Tom
shock; see also circulatory system
shoulder prosthesis
side effect; see also complications
sign see symptoms
Simeon
Simeon, Eleazar ben
Simpson, James Young
sins, deadly
sinus: definition
Sisi, Empress
Sisinnius, Pope
skeletal-muscle pump
skin
Skywalker, Luke
slaves
sleep: obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS); placebo operations
slipped discs
Smilovitz, Sam
Smith, George
smoking
snoring
Snow, John
snuffbox, anatomical
Space:
specialisation
specula
Spielberg, Steven
spina bifida
spinal cord
spine
spleen
splenectomy
stapling machines
Star Trek
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
stenosis: definition
Stephen II, Pope
Stephen VI, Pope
sterile: definition
sterilisation
sterility; see also hygiene
stethoscopes
stitching see suturing
stoma
stomach: acid reflux; cancer; gastrectomy; mucous membranes; perforation; tumours; ulcers
stone-cutters
stroke: definition; George I; Lenin, Vladimir; pathology; see also infarction
Stuyvesant, Peter
subclavian steal syndrome
subcutaneous tissue
suffocation see asphyxia
surgeon–patient relationship
surgeons: administrative tasks; attitude required; clothing; competence; cowboys; definition; diagnosis; etymology; gender balance; guilds; learning curve; as part of the treatment; Pope John XXI; specialisms; triad for bad; see also codes of practice
surgery: basic actions; definition; discovery of basic procedures; double-blind trials; evidence-based; jargon; minimal invasive; mors in tabula; placebo operations; planes; specialisms; telesurgery; treatment options; see also emergency treatment; laparoscopy; operations
surgical instruments
surgical technologist
survival rates
suturing: abdominal wound healing; absorption; fish; knots; ligature communication; needles and threads; nomenclature; process overview
swallowing
sym-: meaning
sympathetic nervous system
symptoms: definition; diagnosis; waiting cure
syn-: meaning
syphilis
Sztáray de Sztára et Nagymihály, Irma
Tague, James
Talmud
tamponade
Taylor, Elizabeth
technology