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How to play with drunk people

Lower your inhibitions and join Holly Gramazio for fast-paced games made even more fun by alcohol.

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The problem of the punctured heart

During World War II a young American surgeon working in England perfected shrapnel-removal techniques that saved dozens of lives. Discover how one case sealed his reputation as the founder of cardiac surgery.

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The case of the cancerous stomach

Steak and schnitzel were on the menu again after Theodor Billroth successfully excised a woman’s stomach cancer in 1881. Remarkably, today’s surgeons still perform the same procedure, with slight modifications.

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The extraction of the excruciating bladder stones

Among those vying to find alternatives to major surgery for bladder stones, young doctor Jean Civiale stood out, painstakingly honing a method that was to become the norm.

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  • Incision for caesarian section
  • Incision, dog's hip: pectineus muscle
  • Dog castration, incision
  • Opened up dog: skin incision
  • Skin incision - treatment hip dysplasia, dog
  • Xenopus frog egg removal, 1st incision
  • Xenopus frog egg removal, 1st incision
  • Skin incision over perineal swelling - dog
  • Xenopus frog egg removal, 2nd incision
  • Plate 5, Illustration of lancets and incision points.
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