[The development of operating tables].
Operating tables evolved in several stages. The most dynamic period was situated between 1860 and 1920: the surgeons of numerous countries were conscious of the necessity of specific tables for surgery. Introduction of anaesthesia in 1846 and asepsis in 1870 have strongly allowed this development.
Germain
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Département de Chirurgie, Institut Gustave-Roussy, 39, rue Camille-Desmoulins, 94805 Villejuif cedex. marcel.nguefack@ch-nanterre.fr
Bonvalot
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Missana
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D004864:Equipment and Supplies / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative