Origins of American influence in Uruguayan surgery
Keywords:
medicine history, surgeryAbstract
Uruguayan surgery gave its first steps at the end of the
/ast centur, following the teachings of French surge.
The influence of North American surgery began during
the beginnings of the twentieth century lt became
particular/y impotan/ ater the World War /, growing
continuos/y thereafter until the present day In this
process, the following facts are considered of relevance:
the uneven development of European and U.S. surgery;
Uruguayan surgeons receptivity to scientific progress; /he
economical and politica/ effects of the 1914 war; the
travels to the United States of Uruguayan surgeons and
especial/y those made by delegations of the American
Col/ege of Surgeons to Montevideo in 1920, 1921 and
1923, with the resulting scientific exchange, bonds of
friendship, mutual acknowledgement and anecdotes
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