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Kocher
Swiss surgeon. He was the first surgeon to remove the thyroid gland to treat goiter (1876). He later found that total removal could cause a state resembling cretinism, but that leaving part of the gland in place made this temporary. He introduced a surgical method for reducing shoulder dislocations, as well as many new surgical techniques, instruments, and appliances. A type of forceps and a gallbladder surgery incision named for him are still used. He adopted J. Lister's principles of complete asepsis in surgery. In 1909 he won a Nobel Prize.
gopher
Any of about 40 species (family Geomyidae) of stocky rodents found in N. and Central America. Gophers range in length from 5 to 18 in. (13-45 cm), incl. a short, sparsely haired tail. They have chisel-like front teeth and long, strong claws on their forefeet; large fur-lined pouches open externally on each side of the mouth. Coat color varies from almost white to brown or black. Gophers live alone in extensive, shallow underground burrows marked by a series of rounded earth mounds on the surface. They feed on the underground parts of plants, which they obtain as they tunnel along.
hosiery
Knit or woven coverings for the feet and legs, worn inside shoes. In the 8th cent. BC, Hesiod referred to linings for shoes; the Romans wrapped their feet, ankles, and legs in long strips of leather or woven cloth. Knitted socks were discovered in Egyptian tombs of the 3rd-6th cent. AD. The first knitting machine was invented in England in the 16th cent. Full-fashioned stockings were knitted flat, then shaped and seamed up the back by hand. In the 19th cent., seamless stockings, mostly of cotton, were knitted on circular machines, but they did not fit well; seamless hose did not become popular until the 1940s, when nylon replaced silk for dress hose. Pantyhose were introduced in the 1960s.
Osler
Canadian physician and professor. Born in Bond Head, Ontario, he became the first to identify blood platelets (1873), and later taught at the medical school at McGill Univ. (1875-84) and later at Johns Hopkins Univ.'s new medical school (1889-1905). There he helped transform clinical teaching; students studied patients in the wards and took their problems to the lab, and experts pooled their knowledge to benefit both patient and student in public teaching sessions. Osler's Principles and Practice of Medicine (1892) became the most popular medical textbook of its day. He was involved in the formation of two physicians' associations and the Quarterly Journal of Medicine. Osler's nodes on the hand are seen in some cardiac infections, and two blood disorders also bear his name.
poster
Eye-catching printed paper announcement or advertisement that is exhibited to promote a product, event, or idea. Posters were popularized by the mid-19th-cent. invention of lithography, which allowed colored posters to be produced cheaply and ...
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