Surgeon and inventor Catherine Mohr tours the history of surgery (and its pre-painkiller, pre-antiseptic past), then demos some of the newest tools for surgery through tiny incisions, performed using nimble robot hands. Fascinating -- but not for the squeamish.
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Catherine Mohr: Surgery's past, present and robotic future
Posted on: June 24, 2009 7:10 PM, by Greg Laden
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This is a great talk that I found enjoyable as a surgeon-in-training. I particularly liked the history of surgery from a 40000 feet perspective. I didn't entirely agree with the way some of this information (re the new techniques, for instance) was presented, but I understand that this is for a general audience.
I have to point out that she is *not* a surgeon, though - she is a doctor, and an instructor in the department of surgery, but not a surgeon.
Posted by: M | July 1, 2009 9:22 AM