This episode was written by a guest contributor, Harvard student Simar Bajaj. In it, we cover some of the anatomy and function of the esophagus, before tracing the history of the earliest attempts at operating on the esophagus (in ancient Egypt!) up to the modern era. We'll meet a number of surgical legends, and explore some related and fun topics, like answering the question, 'can you burp in space'?
Episode 113 - Better know an instrument: Potts Scissors
Episode 112 - The Ongoing History of Surgery: The World's First Whole Eye Transplant
Episode 111 - The Code of Hammurabi
Episode 110 - The Loch Ness Monster and The Surgeon's Photo
Episode 109 - Was Jack the Ripper a surgeon?
Episode 108 - The Michelangelo of Medicine: Frank Netter and the Atlas of Human Anatomy
Episode 107 - "The Secret"
Episode 106 - From toxin to cure: The story of Botox
Episode 105 - Better know an instrument: the Yankauer suction tip
Episode 104 - Lamb's Blood, Monkey 'Glands', Pig Kidneys, and More: A Brief History of Xenotransplantation
Episode 103 - The Story of the Spleen
Bonus Episode - The Curious Case of Scarpa's Head
Episode 102 - Hua T'o and Surgery in Ancient China
Episode 101 - Galen, Part 2: His Works
Episode 100 - Galen, Part 1: The Story of his Life
Episode 99 - The History of Transgender Reassignment Surgery
Episode 98 - A Knot of Suture Tales
Bonus Episode - The Bizarre History of Bezoars
Episode 97 - The History of Blood Transfusions
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