Article: A surgical review of the priority claims attributed to Abraham Groves (1847-1935)

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Canadian Journal of Surgery
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October 1, 2009
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Background: The practice of surgery had changed little over millennia when Abraham Groves and William Osler attended medical school together in Toronto, Ontario. The invention of anesthesia sparked such rapid development that by the time of Groves' and Osler's deaths, surgical practice resembled the current model. Several priority claims have been attributed to Groves' life in surgery, including aseptic surgery (1874), suprapubic lithotomy (1878), appendectomy (1883), surgical gloves (1885) and cancer radiotherapy (1903). These claims arise from an autobiography written by Groves at the age of 87 years in 1934.

Methods: The purpose of this paper is to assess these priority claims from a ...

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