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A licensed professional who cuts open strangers and gets thanked for it.
means A doctor trained to treat injuries, diseases, and deformities by physically operating on the body, usually with instruments.
from From Greek 'kheirourgos,' literally 'one who works with the hands' — 'kheir' (hand) plus 'ergon' (work). The word traveled into Latin as 'chirurgia,' then through Old French 'cirurgien,' losing its hard Greek edges along the way until English smoothed it into 'surgeon.' So buried in the name is the oldest truth of the trade: it's handwork, done on living flesh.
- steady hands
- Some operate while their heart skips a beat
- old roots
- Skull surgery existed over 7,000 years ago
- barber past
- Barbers once doubled as surgeons in Europe
- video gamers
- Surgeons who game show fewer surgical errors
- long odds
- Training can take 15 years after high school
christiaan barnard — performed first human heart transplant in cape town, 1967
joseph murray — performed first successful kidney transplant between twins, boston, 1954
norman shumway — pioneered heart transplant techniques at stanford, performed over 400 transplants