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• The Great War and the evolution of plastic and reconstructive surgery
• Guy de Chauliac and “What the Surgeon Ought to Be”
• The assassination of President James Garfield: Could he have survived?
• President Eisenhower and his bowel obstruction
• The covert operations performed on President Grover Cleveland
• Politics and the president’s gallbladder
• The Halifax Explosion and the unofficial birth of pediatric surgery
• Celebrating the sesquicentennial of Lord Joseph Lister
• J. Marion Sims: Paving the way
• The historic link between the ACS leadership and the military
• Dr. Asa Yancey and the realization of his mentor’s dream
• Drs. William J. Mayo and Franklin H. Martin: Leaders in establishing the College’s unique identity
• Dr. Rudolph Matas: Learned trailblazer, father of vascular surgery
• Dr. Charles McBurney: A pioneer in the surgical treatment of appendicitis
• American surgical history: Finding a home at the Clinical Congress
• The College standardizes surgical dressings
• ACS Archives houses practice records of Franklin H. Martin
• Setting standards of efficiency
• College’s ancient Irish deer antlers have a storied history
• The gift that keeps on giving