The History of Surgery

Surgery is the branch of medicine that deals with the treatment of disease, deformities, or injuries by operations. Surgery has been around for thousands of years, dating all the way back to the ancient Egyptians. Throughout this time period many methods and operations were created and perfected to what is now commonly practiced in modern times. The elimination of pain, the prevention of infection, and advanced means of diagnosis are now all part of surgery …

…commonly practiced when a patient has breast cancer, nephrectomies, which is the removal of a kidney when it has stopped functioning, and one of the most important procedures, transplants. Transplants are used when a body part no longer functions properly and is needed to survive. Because of the practices of past surgeons our know lege of the body and how it works is phenomenal and has increased the life expectancy of people a great deal.