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a-: meaning
AAA
Abbott, Edward
ABC of emergency medicine
abdomen: anatomy; ‘e causa ignota’ (e.c.i.) symptoms; electric eel; fast track post-operative care; first laparotomy; incision size; insufflation; nomenclature; operation avoidance; see also hernia
abdominoplasty
abortion
Abraham
abscess: anal fistula; ancient Greek treatment; buttocks; cause; definition; fever; fluctuation; mouth; subphrenic; toes; tuberculosis
acid reflux
acidity
acidosis
acupuncture
acute: definition
Adam and Eve
addiction
adenoids
adrenal glands: etymology; shock
adrenaline: shock; shock treatment
Adrian IV, Pope
Adrian VI, Pope
Ağca, Mehmet Ali
age of patient
AIDS
Al Qaeda
Albert, Prince
Albucasis
alchemy
Alexander VIII, Pope
Alien (1979)
Allatius, Leo
allergies
alveoli
amnesia: anaesthesia; brain damage
amputation: definition; etymology; legs; speed; toes
Amsterdam
an-: meaning
anaemia: blood loss; stomach cancer
anaesthesia: in brain surgery; definition; development; electric eel; local; modern; respiration
anaesthesiology
anaesthetists
anal fistula
analgesics
anamnesis
anarchism
anatomy: abdomen; definition; terminology
androids
aneurysms
angioplasty
animals
ankles
anorexia nervosa
antibiotics
antibodies
antisepsis
anus
AO Foundation
aorta
aortic aneurysm
aortic dissection
apnoea
appendectomy
appendicitis
appendix
Apronius, Lucius (junior)
Apronius, Lucius (senior)
Arderne, John
Aristotle
Arms: subclavian steal syndrome
arteries: aneurysms; blockage; blood pressure sensors; circle of Willis; circulation; definition; diabetes type; evolution; lungs; tobacco; vascular surgery; vasodilation
arteriosclerosis: age of patient; definition; evolution; modern growth in; pathology
arthritis
arthroscopy
arthrosis
artificial ventilation
Artis Zoo
asepsis see sterile
Ash, Dr
asphyxia
assassination attempts: John Paul II, Pope; Kennedy, John F.; Lenin, Vladimir; Sisi, Empress
assistants
asthma
astronauts
atherosclerosis see arteriosclerosis
Atossa, Queen
auscultation
Australopithecus afarensis
authority
autoclaves
autoimmune diseases
autopsies: definition; Kennedy, John F.; Sisi, Empress
back hernia
bacteria: cancer; chronic infections; Clostridium sp.; fever; infection; intestines; operating theatre sterility; prosthesis; septic shock; tuberculosis; urine
baculum
balance
Bar Kochba, Simon
barbers
bariatric surgery
Barnard, Christiaan
Barolitanus, Marianus Sanctus
barriers
Bassini, Edoardo
battlefield wounds: abdomens; Bassini, Edoardo; boiling oil; early surgeons; Prince William (son of George II); Stuyvesant, Peter; see also amputation; bullet wounds
Baxter, Charles
Beaulieu, Jacques
bed-rest
Benedict XVI, Pope
Bennell, Miles
bile ducts
Billroth, Theodor: burial; fame; gastrointestinal surgery; goitre; on heart surgery; on varicose veins
biopsy
bladder: cancer; infection
bladder stones
Blair, Dr
blocked arteries see arteriosclerosis
blood: cauterisation; coagulation; coughing; in faeces; pH value; surgeons’ clothing; theory of humours; types; in urine; vascular surgery; vomiting
blood poisoning
blood pressure: blood loss; gastric bypass; lungs; regulation; as risk factor; shock
blood transfusions
bloodletting: Caroline, Queen of England; definition; history and beliefs; Louis XIV; Walpole, Robert; Washington, George; see also fleam
Body Snatchers, The (Finney)
bone strength
bones
Boniface VI, Pope
Boniface IX, Pope
Borchardt, Moritz
botulism
Bovie, William
Boyle, William
Bozzini, Philipp
brain: asphyxia; EEG; shock; syphilis; trauma; tumours; see also stroke
breastfeeding of popes
breath, bad
breathing: ABC of emergency medicine; asphyxia; circulatory system; infection; see also intubation; tracheotomy
bronchiectasis
Brown, Gustavus Richard
Brown-Séquard, Charles-Édouard
bullet wounds: Kennedy, John F.; Lenin, Vladimir; Oswald, Lee Harvey; Pope John Paul II; Prince William (son of George II)
burns
buttocks
Byzantines
cachexia
Caesianus, Lucius Apronius
callus
Cambyses, King
cameras; see also laparoscopy
cancer: bacteria; barriers; colon; definition; development course; electric eel; melanoma; metastasis; modern growth in; non-Hodgkin lymphoma; pancreas; prostate; stages; stomach; surgery; terminology; tobacco; treatment; see also tumours
carbolic acid
carbon dioxide
carcinoma
cardiac arrest
cardiac surgery
cardiac tamponade
cardiogenic shock
cardiologists
cardiology: definition
cardiosurgery: definition
cardiovascular diseases
Caroline, Queen of England
carotid artery
Carpenter, John
Carrel, Alexis
Carrico, Charles James
Carter, Jimmy
cartilage
Castiglione, Giancarlo
castration
Cathedral of St John, ’sHertogenbosch, Netherlands
Cato
cause
cauterisation
CCD chip
Celestine IV, Pope
Çelik, Oral
cell membranes
cellophane
cellulitis
Celsus, Aulus Cornelius
cerebrovascular accident (CVA) see stroke
Charlemagne
Chauliac, Guy de
chemotherapy
childbirth
chimney sweeps
chimpanzees
China
chirurgeons: etymology; sixteenth century; see also surgeons
chloroform
cholecystectomy
cholecystitis
cholera
cholesterol
chondrocytes
Christianity; see also popes
Christie, Agatha
chronic: definition
cigarettes
circulating assistant
circulation: ABC of emergency medicine
circulatory system: components; definition; lungs; metastasis; process; shock; see also arteries; heart; veins
circumcision
clamps
Clark, William Kemp
cleft palates
Clement XII, Pope
Clostridium perfringens
co-morbidities
coagulation; see also electrocoagulation
cocaine
coccyx
codes of practice
colon: cancer; obstruction
colostomy
Columbus, Christopher
coma
complaints
complications; see also morbidity
computerisation
conductors (musical)
Connally, John
consciousness: anaesthesia; shock
consent
constipation
contagion
contour operation
contraception
corpses: dissection and hand-washing; exhumed for trial
corsets
cosmetic surgery
coughing blood
CPR
Craik, James
Cronos
crossectomy
Crucitti, Francseco
cryogenics
curare
curative: definition
cure: compared to healing; definition; see also healing
Cushing, Harvey
cystoscope
cysts, pilonidal
cytomegalovirus infection (CMV)
Darius the Great
d’Arsonval, Jacques-Arsène
Darth Vader
DeBakey, Michael
deduction
defecation
defibrillation
dehydration
Democede of Croton
depression, post-natal
Desormeaux, Antonin Jean
detectives
diabetes
diagnosis
diaphragm
Diba, Farah
Dick, Elisha Cullen
Dickens, Charles
Dietrich, Marlène
digestive system; see also gastrointestinal tract; pancreas
Dinah
dis-: meaning
disinfectant see antisepsis
dislocation; see also reposition
dissection
dissemination
diuretics
divide: definition
Doot, Jan de
Dotter, Charles
double-blind trials
Douglas, John
Doyle, Arthur Conan
drain (noun)
drain (verb)
Drew, Charles
Dubost, Charles
duodenum
duty of care
Duval, Peter
dys-: meaning
dysphagia
dysuria
‘e causa ignota’ (e.c.i.)
ears: embryological development; Ménière’s disease
Eastcott, H. H.
Easter Sunday
eating disorders
ec-: meaning
ECG (electrocardiography)
Edward VII
Edward VIII
EEG (electroencephalography)
eels
Egyptians, ancient
Einstein, Albert
elective surgery
electric eels
electricity
electrocoagulation
Elisabeth, Empress see Sisi, Empress
embolism
embryos
emergence
emergency treatment: ABC; primary tasks; risks
emphysema
end-of-life care; see also palliative care
endocrinology
endolymphatic shunt
endoscopy
enemas
epidemiology
epiploon see omentum
epispasm
Erasistratus
erection
E.T. (1982)
ether
eunuchs
evidence-based
evolution
ex-: meaning
examinations of patients
excision
expectative treatment; see also waiting
exposure: definition
extraterrestrials
eyes
facial prosthesis
faeces containing blood
Fagniez, Pierre-Louis
fainting
fallopian tubes
falsifiability
Fantastic Voyage (1966)
Faraday cages
Farinelli
fast track post-operative care
fat removal
Félix de Tassy, Charles-François
fever
fibroblasts
fiction
Finney, Jack
fistula: definition; Louis XIV; Pedoux, Jules; Pope Leo X; seton method
Fitz, Reginald
Flandrin, Georges
fleam; see also bloodletting
Fleischer, Richard
fluctuation
fluoroscopy
foetal surgery
folk tales
food hygiene
forceps
foreskin
fractures: ankles; early ancestors; healing; repositioning; scars; traumatology
Francis, Pope
Frankenstein, Viktor
French Revolution
Freud, Sigmund
Friedrich III
fruit as measurement
funerals, Middle Ages
Galen
gall bladder: Halsted, William; laparoscopy; Pope John Paul II; Shah of Iran; surgical incisions; triad
gall stones
gamma rays
gangrene: arteriosclerosis; cause; definition; Louis XIV; popes; process; septic shock
Garibaldi, Giuseppe
gas exchange
gastrectomy
gastric acid
gastric bypass
gastroenterologists
gastrointestinal surgery
gastrointestinal tract; see also intestines; oesophagus; stomach
gastroscope
gender balance in surgery
General Internal Medicine (GIM)
-genic: meaning
George I
George II
George V
George VI
Gilbert, Scott
gills
Gilmore, James
glasses
Glenn, Frank
gloves
Glück, Themistocles
gluttony
-gnosis: meaning
Go, Peter
goitre
Good Friday
gout
Graham, Evarts
granulomas
Gray, Tom
Greek gods
Greeks, ancient
greenhouse gases
Greenlees, James
groin hernia
GSV (great saphenous vein)
guilds
gynaecologists
Habsburgs
Hacker, Viktor von
Hadrian
haematemesis
haem-: meaning
haematoma
haematuria: definition
haematuris
haemoptysis
haemorrhoids
Halsted, William
hamburgers
Hammurabi, Code of
hand washing
hands: anatomical snuffbox
‘happy milk’
Harrison, Michael
Hartmann, Henri
Harvey, Thomas
Harvey, William
healing: compared to curing; definition; see also wound healing
health care policy
heart: blood pressure; cardiac tamponade; cardiogenic shock; ECG; fibrillation; function; pacemakers; transplants; valve replacement; whales; see also cardiac surgery
heart attack
heart transplants
heartburn
Heliogabalus
Heller, Thérèse
hemi-: meaning
Henchcliffe, Margaret
hepatitis
hepatosplenomegaly
Heraclitus
hernia: definition; diaphragmatic; etymology; evolutionary cause; femoral; groin; keyhole surgery; placebo operations; spinal discs; umbilical
Herodotus
Herophilus
Hervey, John
Hesiod
Hill, John
Hill, Rose
hip, artificial
Hippocrates
Hippocratic oath
HIV
Hivites
Holmes, Sherlock
holy relics
homeopathy
homosexuality: Lully, Jean-Baptiste; Pope Leo X
horror carnis
hospital policies
Houdini, Harry
House, William
hula hoops
Hültl, Hümér
Humes, James
humours
hygiene: bladder stones; clean underwear; development; phimosis
hypertension
hypospadias
hypothalamus
hypovolemic shock
hysterectomies
I & D see drain (verb)
idiopathic: definition
ileostomy
ileus
Illouz, Yves-Gerard
imaging
immune system
impotence
incidence: definition
incision: definition; etymology; size
incontinence: definition; eunuchs; stone-cutters
indication: definition
induction
infarction; see also stroke
infection: breathing rate; chronic; dissemination; surgeons; see also inflammation; pathogens; pus
inflammation: appendicitis; definition; fever; indications; process overview; terminology; wound healing
inguinal canal
inguinal hernia
Innocent VIII, Pope
inspection
instruments, surgical
insufflation
interleukin-6
intermittent claudication
internists
intestinal anastomosis
intestines: anatomy; diagnosis; groin hernia; leakage; obstruction; peritonitis; strangulation; surgery; tumours; umbilical hernia
intravenous drip
intubation
invasive treatment
iodine deficiency
ischaemia
Islam
-itis: meaning
Jackson, Michael
jargon
‘jeep seat’
Jenkins, M. T.
Jesus Christ
Jewish rebellion, third
Johanson, Donald
John Paul I, Pope
John Paul II, Pope
John XXI, Pope
John XXIII, Pope
Johnson, Lyndon Baines
joints, artificial see prosthesis
Jonah and the whale
Jones, Peter
Jones, Ron
Julius III, Pope
Kaplan, Fanya
Kehlet, Henrik
Kelling, Georg
Kelly, Howard
Kennedy, John F.
keyhole surgery; see also laparoscopy
kidneys: acidity; blood pressure sensors; lumbotomy; nephrology; shock; transplants
Klemperer, Georg
knees: arthroscopy; artificial
knives
knots
Koch, Robert
Kocher, Theodor
Kok, Henk de
Krohn, Juan María Fernández y
Kubrick, Stanley
La Vallière, Louise de
Laetitia, Sister
Langenbeck, Bernhard von
language
laparoscopy; see also keyhole surgery
laparotomies
laparotomy: definition
Larrey, Dominique Jean
laryngoscope
larynx
lasers
Lassone, Joseph-Marie-François de
laughing gas
Law of Laplace
lead jackets
lead poisoning
Lear, Tobias
learning curve
legs: arteriosclerosis; blocked artery development course; Dietrich, Marlène; Lully, Jean-Baptiste
Leiter, Joseph
Lenin, Vladimir
Leo V, Pope
Leo X, Pope
Leo XI, Pope
leprosy
leucocytes see white blood cells
leukaemia
Levi
Lichtenstein, Irving
life insurance
life quality
ligature: definition; see also suturing
‘light conductor’
lipoma
liposuction
Lister, Joseph
Liston, Robert
lithotomy
lithotomy position
lithotripsy
liver
lobectomy
local: definition
localisation
logic
Louis XIV
Louis XV
Louis XVI
Louise, Princess
loupes
Lourdes
Lucas, George
Lucheni, Luigi
Lucy
Lully, Jean-Baptiste
lumbotomy
lungs: anatomy; blood supply; bronchiectasis; cancer; lobectomy; pneumectomy; pulmonology; resection
luxation; see also dislocation
lymph
lymph nodes
lymph vessels
lymphangitis
lymphocytes
McBurney, Charles
McClelland, Robert
McCoy, Leonard
McDowell, Ephraim
macrophages
macroscopic: definition
malaria
malnutrition
Marais, Marin
Marcellus II, Pope
Marescaux, Jacques
Margaret, Princess
Marian operation
Marie-Antoinette
Marie-Thérèse of France
Marius, Gaius
Marley, Bob
Martin IV, Pope
Mary, Queen (George V’s wife)
masks
mathematics problems: brain damage
Mathijsen, Antonius
Matrix, The (1999)
meat digestion
meat, fear of
medical error see complications
medical imaging
medical journals
medical records
medical specialisms
medical terminology
medical test results
medical tests
Medici, Giovanni di Lorenzo de’
Medicine: specialisation
Meekren, Job van
melanoma
melena
memory loss see amnesia
Ménière’s disease
mesentry
metabolism
metastasis
Michael II, Byzantine emperor
Michaels, Dr (fictional character)
microwaves
Middle Ages medicine
Mikulicz, Johann von
military surgery see battlefield wounds
‘milk of amnesia’
MOF (multiple organ failure)
Mohammed
Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
Moore, Jerry
morbidity: definition; etymology; learning curve; see also complications
Moreau, Jacques-Louis
Moreschi, Alessandro
Morgagni, Giovanni Battista
mortality: assistants; definition; etymology; learning curve; spectators
Morton, Thomas
Morton, William
Moseley, Bruce
Mouret, Phillipe
mouth: abscess; cancer
mummification
Murphy’s sign
Murray, Joseph
muscle relaxants
muscles: abdomen
music: bladder stones; brain damage
Napoleon Bonaparte
narcosis; see also anaesthesia
navel
neck: bullet wounds; carotid artery; hernia
necrosectomy
necrosis
needle-holder
nephrologists
Nero
nervous system: definition; electricity; hernia; sympathetic
neurosurgeons
Nissen, Rudolf
nitrous oxide
Nitze, Maximilian
Nobel Prize
Nour, Fouad
obduction
obesity: anatomy; bariatric surgery; Caroline, Queen of England; definition; fat removal; popes; as risk factor; Romans
observation
Observationes Medicae (Tulp)
obstetrics
obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS)
occlusion: definition
Odre, Ann
oesophagus: cancer; resection
oil, boiling
-oma: meaning
omentum
oncological surgery
oncologists
opera singers
operating theatres: eighteenth-century; electricity; modern; sterility
operations: anaesthesia; intubation; learning curve; lege artis; mors in tabula; origins of; post-operative complications; risk factors; shock; team members; without anaesthesia; see also surgery
operative report
opium
optic nerve
organ failure
orthopaedics: definition; etymology; evolutionary cause; original scope
OSAS (obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome)
Osiris
-osis: meaning
osteoarthritis
osteoblasts
osteoclasts
osteocytes
osteopathy
osteoporosis
osteosynthesis
Oswald, Lee Harvey
outcome (of care): definition
ovaries
oxygen: asphyxia; barriers; electric eel; heart; ischaemia; shock
pacemakers
paediatic surgery
palliative care; see also end-of-life care
palpation
panacea
pancreas
Panionios
Papal Zouaves
paparazzi
Paracelsus
paralysis
parasites: infection
parathyroid glands
Paré, Ambroise
Parkinson’s disease
Pasteur, Louis
pathogens; see also bacteria; parasites; viruses
pathological: definition
patient consent
patient examinations
patient plate
patient relationship
Paul of Aegina
Paul VI, Pope
Pavlov, Ivan
Péan, Jules-Émile: fame; gastrectomy; shoulder prosthesis; splenectomy
Pedoux, Jules
penis: circumcision; circumcision reversal; impotence; phimosis; see also castration
penis bone
per primam
per secundam
percussion
perianal: definition
pericardium
perineum
peritoneum
peritonitis
Perry, Malcolm Oliver: and Kennedy, John F.; and Oswald, Lee Harvey
Persians, ancient
personality changes: brain damage; lead poisoning
Peters, Paul
Petrucci, Alfonso
Petz, Aladár von
pH value: blood; body; definition
phimosis
Pichault de La Martinière, Germain
Pickwick Papers, The (Dickens)
piezoelectricity
piles
pilgrimage
Pitanguy, Ivo
Pius III, Pope
Pius VII, Pope
Pius IX, Pope
placebos
plaster casts
plastic mesh
plastic surgeons
Pliny the Elder
Plutarch
pneumectomy
pneumonia
Poirot, Hercule
Polak, Jacob
pollakisuria
Polycrates of Samos
popes
Popper, Karl
Porta, Luigi
portal veins
post-natal depression
post-operative care: bed-rest; fast-track
post-operative complications
Pott, Percival
pregnancy: ectopic; embryological development; smoking; Victoria; see also childbirth
prehistory
prepuce
prevalence: definition
Price, Jacques
Price-Thomas, Clement
primary see per primam
primum non nocere
probability
probe
proctology
prognosis
propofol
prostate
prosthesis: definition; osteoarthritis; shoulder; vascular surgery
Psamtik, Pharoah
pubmed
pulmonologists
purgative
pus: appendicitis; definition; development course; early wound treatment; fever; infection; subphrenic abscess; see also abscess
quality of care
radiation treatment
radical: definition; etymology
radiologists
Rameses V
Ranby, John
‘rebound tenderness’
recurrence rate
Red Riding Hood
refrigeration
regional: definition
Rembrandt
reposition; see also dislocation
research literature
resection
respiration: ABC of emergency medicine; acidity; asphyxia; intubation
restless legs
resuscitation: definition; Kennedy, John F.
retroperitoneum
Rhen, Ludwig
rheumatism
ribs
Rickles, Harry
risk factors: definition; see also diabetes; malnutrition; obesity; smoking
risks
Rob, C. G.
robotics
Roddenberry, Gene
Romanis of Cremona, Joannes de
Romans: castration; circumcision; obesity; surgical instruments; suturing; varicose veins
Roncalli, Angelo (Pope John XXIII)
Röntgen, Wilhelm Conrad
Rosetti, Franciscus
Roux, César
Royal College of Surgeons
Rozanov, Vladimir Nikolaevich
Ruby, Jack
Russell, Helena
Ruysch, Frederik
Rydigier, Ludwik
sacrifice
sacrum
St Martin island
St Paul
Salgarello, Giovanni
salt
saphenous arch
Sarah (Abraham’s wife)
sarcoma
scalpels
scars: artery wall strengthening; at birth; hernia; see also healing; wound healing; wounds
Schneider, Romy
science fiction
scientific method
scintigraphy
Scott, Ridley
scrotum: cancer; definition; human lack of penis bone; see also castration
scrub nurse
scrubs
secondary see per secundam
Seldinger, Sven Ivar
Semm, Kurt
Semmelweis, Ignaz
septic shock
sexual intercourse
Shah of Iran
Shah of Persia
Shakespeare, William
Shelley, Mary
Shepard, Alan B.
Shipton, John
Shires, Tom
shock; see also circulatory system
shoulder prosthesis
side effect; see also complications
sign see symptoms
Simeon
Simeon, Eleazar ben
Simpson, James Young
sins, deadly
sinus: definition
Sisi, Empress
Sisinnius, Pope
skeletal-muscle pump
skin
Skywalker, Luke
slaves
sleep: obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS); placebo operations
slipped discs
Smilovitz, Sam
Smith, George
smoking
snoring
Snow, John
snuffbox, anatomical
Space:
specialisation
specula
Spielberg, Steven
spina bifida
spinal cord
spine
spleen
splenectomy
stapling machines
Star Trek
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
stenosis: definition
Stephen II, Pope
Stephen VI, Pope
sterile: definition
sterilisation
sterility; see also hygiene
stethoscopes
stitching see suturing
stoma
stomach: acid reflux; cancer; gastrectomy; mucous membranes; perforation; tumours; ulcers
stone-cutters
stroke: definition; George I; Lenin, Vladimir; pathology; see also infarction
Stuyvesant, Peter
subclavian steal syndrome
subcutaneous tissue
suffocation see asphyxia
surgeon–patient relationship
surgeons: administrative tasks; attitude required; clothing; competence; cowboys; definition; diagnosis; etymology; gender balance; guilds; learning curve; as part of the treatment; Pope John XXI; specialisms; triad for bad; see also codes of practice
surgery: basic actions; definition; discovery of basic procedures; double-blind trials; evidence-based; jargon; minimal invasive; mors in tabula; placebo operations; planes; specialisms; telesurgery; treatment options; see also emergency treatment; laparoscopy; operations
surgical instruments
surgical technologist
survival rates
suturing: abdominal wound healing; absorption; fish; knots; ligature communication; needles and threads; nomenclature; process overview
swallowing
sym-: meaning
sympathetic nervous system
symptoms: definition; diagnosis; waiting cure
syn-: meaning
syphilis
Sztáray de Sztára et Nagymihály, Irma
Tague, James
Talmud
tamponade
Taylor, Elizabeth
technology
teeth
telesurgery
temperature
tennis elbow
terminology
testicles; see also castration
testosterone
tests
tetanus
Theodore II, Pope
Thesaurus Pauperum (Pope John XXI)
Thing, The (1982)
thoracic surgery
thoracotomy
thorax
thrombosis
thymus
thyroid gland
Tiberius
tinnitus
tissue: definition
titanium
tobacco
Todd, Jane
toes
-tomy: meaning
total: definition
Total Recall (1990)
tourism
tourniquet
toxins
tracheotomy
transient ischaemic attack (TIA)
transplantation surgery
transposition: definition
trauma
traumatology
Trendelenburg, Friedrich
triad
trials, double-blind
trocars
truth
tuberculosis
Tulp, Nicolaes
tummy tucks
tumourectomy
tumours: brain; definition; etymology; metastasis; ovaries; stomach; types; see also cancer
Turing, Alan
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
typhoid
ubi pus, ibi evacua
ulcers
umbilical cord
umbilical hernia
underwear
Uranus
Urban VII, Pope
urethra
urgency surgery see emergency treatment
urgency (urination)
urinary catheter see drain
urination
urine: bacteria; blood; shock
urologists
Usher, Francis
uterine fibroids
uvula
Van der Heijden, Luc
van Savoyen, Carel
varicose veins
vascular prosthesis
vascular surgery
vasoconstriction
vasodilation
veins: bloodletting; circulation; definition; intravenous drip; portal; valves; varicose; vascular surgery
Vercelli
vertebrae
vertigo
Vesalius, Andreas
vestibular system
vets
Victoria
virtual reality
viruses: cytomegalovirus (CMV); fever; infection
vision, brain damage
vitallium
vocal cords
Volkmann, Richard von
vomiting of blood
votive offerings
waiting
Waldenström’s macroglobulinaemia
walking
walking upright
Walpole, Robert
war; see also battlefield wounds
Warren, Earl
Warren, John
Warren Commission
Washington, George
Weisz, Bess
Welch, Raquel
white blood cells: definition; infection
Whitehead, Gordon
William, Prince (son of George II)
Willis, Thomas
‘window-shopping legs’
windpipe
Wolters, Marno
women in surgery
wound healing: circumcision; definition; historical treatment; infection; per primam; per secundam; scars; suturing; see also fractures; gangrene
wounds: battlefield treatment; definition; early ancestors; gangrene; Middle Ages treatment
X-ray image intensifier
X-rays
Xerxes
Yaoting, Sun
Yeltsin, Boris
Zacarelli, Adriano
Zapruder, Abraham
Zevit, Ziony
zoos