George Washington Crile
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For the CBS journalist, see George Crile III.
George Washington Crile (1864 - 1943) was a significant American surgeon. Crile is now formally recognized as the first surgeon to have succeeded in a direct blood transfusion. He also contributed to other procedures, such as neck dissection.Crile designed a small haemostatic forceps which bears his name; the Crile mosquito clamp. He also described a technique for using opioids, regional anaesthesia and general anaesthesia which is a concept known as balanced anaesthesia.
In 1921 Crile co-founded the Cleveland Clinic.
In World War II the United States liberty ship SS George Crile was named in his honor. The lunar crater Crile is also named after him.
A grandson is the journalist, author, and CBS producer George Crile III.
[edit] References
- Crile biography from PBS website
- Yentis SM, Hirsch NP, Smith GB editors, Anaesthesia and Intensive Care A-Z, Elsevier Ltd, London, 2000
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