TY - JOUR
TI - From Knife to Suture: An Outline of the History of Surgical Instrument Development
AU - Lipka, Arkadiusz
TI - From Knife to Suture: An Outline of the History of Surgical Instrument Development
AB - Despite the enormous progress in the development of medical sciences in recent decades, surgery is still associated with manual dexterity. The oldest surgical procedures were performed primarily with the hands, and only later with the use of tools that came up as a result of the adaptation of everyday devices. Scientific and technological progress, along with the growing experience of surgeons, influenced the evolution of surgical instruments, which changed both quantitatively and qualitatively. As in other areas of human activity, the most useful surgical tools have constantly evolved and have survived to our times in a form reminiscent of their most ancient precursors. Others, which did not work in practice, today are a curiosity and a trace which allows us to follow the development of surgical thought in the past.
VL - 2023
IS - Volume 68, Issue 2
PY - 2023
SN - 0023-589X
C1 - 2657-4020
SP - 135
EP - 173
DO - 10.4467/0023589XKHNT.23.018.17880
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/kwartalnik-historii-nauki-i-techniki/article/od-noza-do-nitki-zarys-historii-rozwoju-narzedzi-chirurgicznych
KW - history of medicine
KW - history of surgery
KW - surgical instruments