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Garrison-Morton-Norman History of Medicine

BIGELOW, Wilfred Gordon (1913 – 2005)

1913 – 2005

4 entries in the GMN corpus.

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1950 CE

#3047.1

Hypothermia: its possible role in cardiac surgery: an investigation of factors governing survival in dogs at low body temperatures.

BIGELOW, Wilfred Gordon (1913 – 2005) LINDSAY, William Kerr (1920 – 2008)

Bigelow pioneered surface-induced whole body hypothermia and temporary cardiac flow occlusion. With W.F. Greenwood.

1950 CE

#10656

Oxygen transport and utilization in dogs at low body temperatures.

BIGELOW, Wilfred Gordon (1913 – 2005) LINDSAY, William Kerr (1920 – 2008)

This research by Bigelow and collegues first made possible the use of hypothermia in cardiac surgery.

1984 CE

#12333

Cold hearts: The story of hypothermia and the pacemaker in heart surgery.

BIGELOW, Wilfred Gordon (1913 – 2005)

1990 CE

#12334

Mysterious heparin: The key to open heart surgery.

BIGELOW, Wilfred Gordon (1913 – 2005)