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600 BCE
Sushruta
Sushruta was the first plastic surgeon in 600 bc -
300 BCE
Evidence of a surgical procedure
The first evidence of a surgical procedure was cutting a small hole in the head in 300 bc -
200 BCE
The reconstruction of the nose
In 200 bc was the first reconstruction of the nose by Indians -
1452
disection of human bodies
In 1452 Leonardo da Vinci dissected human bodies and drew what he saw -
1500
Ambrose pare
In the mid 1500 Ambrose pare was a French war surgeon and made the ligatures popular -
1540
Barber surgeons
Barber surgeons performed tooth extractions in 1540 -
blood transfusion
The first human blood transfusion was in 1818 -
first public use of anesthesia
William T was the first to use anesthesia during a surgery in public in 1846 -
Appendectomy
First successful appendectomy performed in Iowa in 1885 -
First X-ray
In 1895 the first X-ray was performed in Germany -
Heart surgery
In 1896 the first successful heart surgery was performed -
cornea transplant
In 1905 the first successful cornea transplant was performed -
documented plastic surgery
In 1917 the first documented plastic surgery was performed -
sex change operation
In 1930 was the first sex change operation to a woman -
Metal hip replacement
In 1940 the first metal hip replacement surgery was performed -
Liver transplant
In 1967 the first liver transplant was performed -
Robotic surgery
In 1985 was the first documented robotic surgery -
Face transplant
In 2010 the worlds first full face transplant was performed in spain
