Chirurgie

Trocar (2)

around 1950

Santorio SANTORO (1561-1636), who taught in Padua and later in Venice, and gained significant knowledge in the field of physiology, invented the trocar for paracenthesis of the abdomen.

This invention was particularly important at a time when there were no effective diuretics to treat the ascites.

Johann Collins WARREN 1778-1856), professor of surgery in Boston / USA, was the first to have the courage to puncture the pericardium.