title: The life and legacy of William T. Bovie.
abstract: This Historian's Address, presented at the North Pacific Surgical Association 2012 meeting, held in Spokane, Washington, on November 9, 2012, briefly reviews the life and surgical contributions of the inventor William T. Bovie and his collaboration with Dr Harvey Cushing, which led to the widespread acceptance of surgical electrocautery for dissection and hemostasis.
authors.affiliation: Madigan Army Medical Center Surgery, Tacoma, WA, USA. plandejcarter@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Preston L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Carter
mesh_terms: D004564:Electrocoagulation / Q000266:history* / Q000295:instrumentation; D004598:Electrosurgery / Q000266:history* / Q000295:instrumentation; D006488:Hemostasis, Surgical / Q000266:history* / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D014481:United States