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jan 4, 1830 - Surgical Chainsaw Invented

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Doctors and humans were stunned when Bernhard Heine (an orthopedic surgeon) invented a new medical tool. The surgical chainsaw. Although surgical chainsaws are used now days for many procedures, it was originally invented for childbirth. It was when c-sections weren’t a common practice.

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jan 4, 1830
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~ 196 years ago

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