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Garrison-Morton-Norman History of Medicine
Historical Bibliography Updated: August 4, 2021

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

BIGELOW, Wilfred Gordon (1913 – 2005) Wikipedia
LINDSAY, William Kerr (1920 – 2008) uoftplasticsurgery.ca

Publication Details

Ann. surg., 132, 849-66. 1950 CE.

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

Thematic Classifications

CARDIOVASCULAR (Cardiac) SURGERY
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