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Machaon, Son of Asclepius, the Father of Surgery

The first description of organized surgical care is given in Homer’s epic poem “Iliad’’, even though evidence of performing surgical operations can be traced back to the history of ancient civilizations. Machaon (ca. 1300 BC), the son of Asclepius, was described as a skillful and confident therapist...

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Autores principales: Filippou, Dimitrios, Tsoucalas, Gregory, Panagouli, Eleni, Thomaidis, Vasilios, Fiska, Aliki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7086118/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32219043
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.7038