George Washington Crile
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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. 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.
Template:Libship honor The lunar crater Crile is also named after him.
A grandson is the journalist, author, and CBS producer George Crile III.
References
- Crile biography from PBS website
- Yentis SM, Hirsch NP, Smith GB editors, Anaesthesia and Intensive Care A-Z, Elsevier Ltd, London, 2000Template:US-med-bio-stub
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