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Historical Bibliography Updated: August 8, 2021

On the operation of tying the subclavian artery.

Publication Details

Edinb. med. surg. J., 11, 1-25. 1815 CE.

Colles tied the subclavian artery in 1811 and again in 1813. Garrison reminded us that Colles is credited with the first successful ligation of the innominate artery in Europe, but was unable to verify this. The paper was reprinted in Medical Classics, 1940, 4, 1043-72.

Thematic Classifications

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Entry Number#2936
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/4967
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLon-the-operation-of-tying-the-subclavian-artery