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David Alexander Draffin: An Irish ENT Surgeon and Inventor
David Alexander Draffin was an Irish ENT surgeon and inventor of the internationally famous ENT instrument used in tonsillectomy, which carries his name and is called Draffin’s rods. His story is not as well-known as his eponymous ENT instrument and this article attempts to shed a light into his lif...
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The Ulster Medical Society
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7576395/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33093697 |
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author | Konstantinidou, Sevasti Ng, Miane Min Yan McCluney, Neil |
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description | David Alexander Draffin was an Irish ENT surgeon and inventor of the internationally famous ENT instrument used in tonsillectomy, which carries his name and is called Draffin’s rods. His story is not as well-known as his eponymous ENT instrument and this article attempts to shed a light into his life. He studied in Queen’s University in Belfast and was a medical officer in World War II. During that time, he demonstrated great courage and spirit. On his return from the war, he worked in many hospitals as an ENT surgeon and published multiple articles. His career was an unconventional one though, since due to multiple extracurricular activities he never became a consultant! He was actually struck off the medical register for drink-driving charges just a little before his early death. His life was evidence of his bravery, innovative spirit and mischief and his legacy shaped the way tonsillectomies are done to this day. |
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spelling | pubmed-75763952020-10-21 David Alexander Draffin: An Irish ENT Surgeon and Inventor Konstantinidou, Sevasti Ng, Miane Min Yan McCluney, Neil Ulster Med J Medical History David Alexander Draffin was an Irish ENT surgeon and inventor of the internationally famous ENT instrument used in tonsillectomy, which carries his name and is called Draffin’s rods. His story is not as well-known as his eponymous ENT instrument and this article attempts to shed a light into his life. He studied in Queen’s University in Belfast and was a medical officer in World War II. During that time, he demonstrated great courage and spirit. On his return from the war, he worked in many hospitals as an ENT surgeon and published multiple articles. His career was an unconventional one though, since due to multiple extracurricular activities he never became a consultant! He was actually struck off the medical register for drink-driving charges just a little before his early death. His life was evidence of his bravery, innovative spirit and mischief and his legacy shaped the way tonsillectomies are done to this day. The Ulster Medical Society 2020-10-21 2020-09 /pmc/articles/PMC7576395/ /pubmed/33093697 Text en Copyright © 2020 Ulster Medical Society http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ The Ulster Medical Society grants to all users on the basis of a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence the right to alter or build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creation is licensed under identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Medical History Konstantinidou, Sevasti Ng, Miane Min Yan McCluney, Neil David Alexander Draffin: An Irish ENT Surgeon and Inventor |
title | David Alexander Draffin: An Irish ENT Surgeon and Inventor |
title_full | David Alexander Draffin: An Irish ENT Surgeon and Inventor |
title_fullStr | David Alexander Draffin: An Irish ENT Surgeon and Inventor |
title_full_unstemmed | David Alexander Draffin: An Irish ENT Surgeon and Inventor |
title_short | David Alexander Draffin: An Irish ENT Surgeon and Inventor |
title_sort | david alexander draffin: an irish ent surgeon and inventor |
topic | Medical History |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7576395/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33093697 |
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