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1 Bovie, William
SUBJECT AREA: Medical technology[br]b. 11 September 1882 Augusta, Michigan, USAd. 1 January 1958 Fairfield, Maine, USA[br]American biophysicist and inventor of the electrosurgical (electrocoagulating) knife.[br]Of farming stock, Bovie entered the University of Michigan in 1904 but did not obtain his degree until 1908. During this time he taught geology and biology at Antioch and attended the University of Missouri. In 1910 he moved to Harvard and engaged in plant growth research using an instrument invented by him, the auxometer. In 1914 he gained his PhD in connection with studies on the effects of ultraviolet light on protoplasm. He was Director of the Cancer Commission laboratory and in 1916 investigated the effects of heat and radiation on living tissues and assisted in the development of radium applicators. Bovie's invention, in 1926, of the electrosurgical knife, which permitted the performance of bloodless surgery, came to the attention of Cushing, who was able in 1927 to report on its use in 547 neurosurgical operations. In 1927 Bovie was appointed Professor and Chairman of the Department of Biophysics at Northwestern University, Illinois, and in 1929 he moved to Maine to set up his own private laboratory.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsCity of Philadelphia John Scott Medal 1928.BibliographyH.W.Cushing, 1928, "Electrosurgery as an aid to the removal of intracranial tumours", Surg. Obstet. Gynec.Kelly and Ward, 1932, Electrosurgery, Philadelphia.Further Reading1979, "W.T.Bovie: The man and the machine", Ann. Plast. Surg.MG -
2 Medical technology
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3 Cushing, Harvey Williams
SUBJECT AREA: Medical technology[br]b. 8 April 1869 Cleveland, Ohio, USAd. 7 October 1939 New Haven, Connecticut, USA[br]American neurosurgeon and innovator of antihaemorrhagic techniques including the use of electrocoagulation.[br]Cushing graduated in medicine from Harvard University in 1895, having already acquired an arts degree at Yale (1891). He held posts in Boston and at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, from 1897 until 1890, and then travelled abroad. After studying in Germany and England he returned to Baltimore to become Assistant Professor of Surgery in 1903 working under W.S. Halsted, a post he held until 1912. In 1905 he started specializing in neurosurgery, undertaking much experimental work and developing new instruments and techniques, such as spinal anaesthesia and in particular the electrosurgical methods pioneered by W.T. Bovie.Returning to Harvard as Professor of Surgery, he established a renowned school of neurosurgery. He retired from Harvard in 1932, becoming Stirling Professor of Neurosurgery until 1937 and then Director of Studies in the History of Medicine at Yale.His researches in neurophysiology were extensive and the eponymous pituitary syndrome is only one of a large number of discoveries in the field. He was awarded numerous honours, both American and international. He was a noted bibliophile, particularly of medical books and manuscripts, and his own extensive collection was bequeathed to Yale, becoming an important part of the Historical Medical Library.[br]Bibliography1928, "Electrosurgery as an aid to the removal of intracranial tumours", Surg. Gynec. Obstet.Further ReadingJ.F.Fulton, 1946, Harvey Cushing: A Biography.MGBiographical history of technology > Cushing, Harvey Williams
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